Managing brain metastases patientswith and without radiotherapy: Initial lessons from a team-based consult service through a multidisciplinary integrated palliative oncology clinic

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3379-3386

  Jung, Hellen ^a   Sinnarajah, Aynharan ^b,c   Enns, Bert ^a   Voroney, Jon Paul ^a,c   Murray, Alison ^b,c   Pelletier, Guy ^a,c   Wu, Jackson Sai Yiu ^a,c  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; End of life care; Multidisciplinary team; Palliative oncology; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DETERIORATION; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84889080011     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1917-1     Document Type: Article

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