Trend In and Correlates of Undergoing Radiotherapy in Taiwanese Cancer Patients’ Last Month of Life

Abstract Context A significant proportion of cancer patients at end of life (EOL) undergo radiotherapy, but this evidence is not from nationwide population-based studies. Objectives The aims of this population-based study were to investigate the trend in undergoing radiotherapy among Taiwanese cance...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of pain and symptom management 2016-09, Vol.52 (3), p.395-403
Hauptverfasser:	Hung, Yen-Ni, PhD, Cheng, Skye Hung-Chun, MD, Liu, Tsang-Wu, MD, Chang, Wen-Cheng, MD, Chen, Jen-Shi, MD, Tang, Siew Tzuh, DNSc
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	administrative data analysis Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Anesthesia & Perioperative Care Comorbidity end-of-life care Female Humans Linear Models Male Middle Aged Neoplasms - mortality Neoplasms - radiotherapy Pain Medicine population-based study quality of end-of-life care Radiotherapy Registries Retrospective Studies Rural Population Sex Factors Taiwan - epidemiology Terminal Care - trends
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