Early integration of palliative care facilitates the discontinuation of anticancer treatment in women with advanced breast or gynecologic cancers

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 249-254

  Rugno, Fernanda Capella ^a   Paiva, Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro ^a   Paiva, Carlos Eduardo ^a  

^a BARRETOS CANCER HOSPITAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Transition of care

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED BREAST OR GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; INTEGRATED CARE MODEL; INTEGRATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANK SUM TEST; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRADITIONAL CARE MODEL; TREATMENT DURATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; INSOMNIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84914105929     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2014.08.030     Document Type: Article

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