Palliative care: Clinical practice guidelines in oncology

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1284-1309

  Levy, Michael H ^a   Adolph, Michael D ^b   Back, Anthony ^c   Block, Susan ^d   Codada, Shirley N ^e   Dalal, Shalini ^f   Deshields, Teresa L ^g   Dexter, Elisabeth ^h   Dy, Sydney M ⁱ   Knight, Sara J ^j   Misra, Sumathi ^k   Ritchie, Christine S ^l   Sauer, Todd M ^m   Smith, Thomas ⁱ   Spiegel, David ⁿ   Sutton, Linda ^o   Taylor, Robert M ^b   Temel, Jennifer ^p   Thomas, Jay ^q   Tickoo, Roma ^r   Urba, Susan G ^s   Von Roenn, Jamie H ^t   Weems, Joseph L ^u   Weinstein, Sharon M ^v   Freedman Cass, Deborah A ^w   Bergman, Mary Anne ^w   more..

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE   (United States)

^d Dana Farber Brigham and Women's Cancer Center   (United States)

^e H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^m NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^o DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^p MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^q CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^r MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^t NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^w NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; HYOSCYAMINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ADVANCED CANCER; ANOREXIA; ASTHENIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CACHEXIA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSTIPATION; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MELANOMA; NAUSEA; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEDATION; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; VOMITING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEATH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ALGORITHMS; DEATH; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84870976236     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2012.0132     Document Type: Review

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