Inpatient palliative chemotherapy is associated with high mortality and aggressive end-of-life care in patients with advanced solid tumors and poor performance status

Inpatient palliative chemotherapy is associated with high mortality and aggressive end-of-life care in patients with advanced solid tumors and poor performance status

Abstract Background The benefit of palliative chemotherapy (PC) in patients with advanced solid tumors and poor performance status (ECOG-PS) has not been prospectively validated, which makes treatment decision challenging. We aimed to evaluate the overall survival, factors associated with early mort...

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Main Authors: Vitor Fiorin de Vasconcellos, Renata RCC Bonadio, Guilherme Avanço, Marcelo Vailati Negrão, Rachel Pimenta Riechelmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
Subjects:
Palliative
Chemotherapy
Metastasis
Cancer
Hospitalization
Medical futility
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-019-0427-4

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