Challenges with the Emergency Departments Use among Cancer Patients; a Mini Review
According to the studies the rate of emergency departments use among cancer patients exceed among those of the general population; however there are differences in study populations by cancer type, initial treatments, socioeconomic status, disease stages, and health insurance status and so on. Patie...
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| author | Maryam Beigom Mobasheri Rahim Behtar Sanambar Sadighi |
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| description | According to the studies the rate of emergency departments use among cancer patients exceed among those of the general population; however there are differences in study populations by cancer type, initial treatments, socioeconomic status, disease stages, and health insurance status and so on. Patients' symptoms and severity of complications are varied as well. The emergency departments are actively involved in different stages of cancer management such as primary diagnosis, ongoing treatments and end-of-life period. Cancer patients in their end of life period usually have more serious complications and need more specialized cares, as well as those received chemotherapy and surgical treatments. Understanding the reasons of such visits could be useful in the development of dedicated interventions for preventing un-necessary emergency department visits by cancer patients which is discussed in this mini review. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b556580f6ed4d4eb8b30c07d988be6d2022-12-22T04:11:07ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesBasic & Clinical Cancer Research2228-65272228-54662019-05-0111210.18502/bccr.v11i2.1658Challenges with the Emergency Departments Use among Cancer Patients; a Mini ReviewMaryam Beigom Mobasheri0Rahim Behtar1Sanambar Sadighi2Cancer Research Center, Cancer Institute of Iran, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Medical Emergency Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Research Center, Cancer Institute of Iran, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranAccording to the studies the rate of emergency departments use among cancer patients exceed among those of the general population; however there are differences in study populations by cancer type, initial treatments, socioeconomic status, disease stages, and health insurance status and so on. Patients' symptoms and severity of complications are varied as well. The emergency departments are actively involved in different stages of cancer management such as primary diagnosis, ongoing treatments and end-of-life period. Cancer patients in their end of life period usually have more serious complications and need more specialized cares, as well as those received chemotherapy and surgical treatments. Understanding the reasons of such visits could be useful in the development of dedicated interventions for preventing un-necessary emergency department visits by cancer patients which is discussed in this mini review.https://bccr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/bccrj/article/view/319Cancer emergencyEmergency DepartmentAcute cancer representationsEmergency cancer managementEnd-of-life care |
| spellingShingle | Maryam Beigom Mobasheri Rahim Behtar Sanambar Sadighi Challenges with the Emergency Departments Use among Cancer Patients; a Mini Review Basic & Clinical Cancer Research Cancer emergency Emergency Department Acute cancer representations Emergency cancer management End-of-life care |
| title | Challenges with the Emergency Departments Use among Cancer Patients; a Mini Review |
| title_full | Challenges with the Emergency Departments Use among Cancer Patients; a Mini Review |
| title_fullStr | Challenges with the Emergency Departments Use among Cancer Patients; a Mini Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges with the Emergency Departments Use among Cancer Patients; a Mini Review |
| title_short | Challenges with the Emergency Departments Use among Cancer Patients; a Mini Review |
| title_sort | challenges with the emergency departments use among cancer patients a mini review |
| topic | Cancer emergency Emergency Department Acute cancer representations Emergency cancer management End-of-life care |
| url | https://bccr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/bccrj/article/view/319 |
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