Patterns of Specialty Palliative Care Utilization Among Patients Receiving Palliative Radiation Therapy

Palliative radiation therapy (RT) is frequently used to ameliorate cancer-associated symptoms and improve quality of life. To examine how palliative care (PC) as a specialty is integrated at the time of RT consultation for patients with advanced cancer. We retrospectively reviewed 162 patients with...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of pain and symptom management 2021-08, Vol.62 (2), p.242-251
Hauptverfasser:	Chen, Jie Jane, Rawal, Bhupendra, Krishnan, Monica S., Hertan, Lauren M., Shi, Diana D., Roldan, Claudia S., Huynh, Mai Anh, Spektor, Alexander, Balboni, Tracy A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cancer End of life decisions end-of-life care Health care management Histology Hospice care Inpatient care Life goals Lung cancer Medical referrals Metastasis metastatic Oncologists Pain Palliative care Quality of life Race Radiation Radiation therapy Symptoms Teams
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