Early palliative care for patients with metastatic cancer

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 357-362

  Gaertner, Jan ^a,b   Wolf, J ^a   Voltz, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases   (Germany)

Author keywords

comprehensive cancer care; palliative care; palliative medicine

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; COOPERATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84862134515     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: 1531703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e328352ea20     Document Type: Review

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