Palliative care reduces morbidity and mortality in cancer

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 80-89

  Rocque, Gabrielle B ^a   Cleary, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMFORT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84873406382     PISSN: 17594774     EISSN: 17594782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2012.211     Document Type: Review

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