Early palliative care and metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: Potential mechanisms of prolonged survival

Chronic Respiratory Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-47

  Irwin, Kelly E ^a   Greer, Joseph A ^a   Khatib, Jude ^b   Temel, Jennifer S ^a   Pirl, William F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

advanced cancer; Early palliative care; lung cancer; survival

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; DEPRESSION; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84873867953     PISSN: 14799723     EISSN: 14799731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1479972312471549     Document Type: Article

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