Terminal events in women dying of advanced breast cancer: Improving the care for terminal breast cancer patients in Africa

Terminal events in women dying of advanced breast cancer: Improving the care for terminal breast cancer patients in Africa

We studied the terminal events preceding death in all patients dying in hospital over a period of 10 years. Hepatomegaly, massive ascites, cachexia, jaundice, massive pleural effusion and haemoptysis were the most frequent terminal events. The predominance of visceral-related terminal events is unex...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of surgery (London, England) England), 2005, Vol.3 (2), p.117-119
Hauptverfasser: Gukas, I.D., Mbah, N.
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Sprache:eng
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Advanced stage
Breast cancer
Care
Death
Terminal events
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Zusammenfassung:We studied the terminal events preceding death in all patients dying in hospital over a period of 10 years. Hepatomegaly, massive ascites, cachexia, jaundice, massive pleural effusion and haemoptysis were the most frequent terminal events. The predominance of visceral-related terminal events is unexplained but may be related to site-specific metastasis and premorbid organ pathology.
ISSN:1743-9191
1743-9159
DOI:10.1016/j.ijsu.2005.06.003