March 2014 Phoenix pulmonary journal club: palliative care

No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. Temel JS, Greer JA, Muzikansky A, Gallagher ER, Admane S, Jackson VA, Dahlin CM, Blinderman CD, Jacobsen J, Pirl WF, Billings JA, Lynch TJ. Early palliative care for patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer. N Engl J Med. 2010 Aug 19;...

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Main Author: Mathew M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2014-03-01
Series:Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
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Online Access:http://www.swjpcc.com/pulmonary-journal-club/2014/3/26/march-2014-phoenix-pulmonary-journal-club-palliative-care.html
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description No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. Temel JS, Greer JA, Muzikansky A, Gallagher ER, Admane S, Jackson VA, Dahlin CM, Blinderman CD, Jacobsen J, Pirl WF, Billings JA, Lynch TJ. Early palliative care for patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer. N Engl J Med. 2010 Aug 19;363(8):733-42. The March journal club focused on the role of palliative care in respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) and lung cancer. Palliative care is specialized care that focuses on life threatening disease and the relief of pain and stress. Although often initiated near the end of life, palliative care should not be considered as end of life care. This study reviewed the impact of introducing palliative care in conjunction with oncologic care in the treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer versus oncologic care alone. This was a nonblinded, randomized control trial of 151 patients done at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Seventy-seven patients were randomly assigned ...
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spelling doaj.art-df4ea3ee8ba64d0589d0da71e70a9a9b2022-12-22T02:37:12ZengArizona Thoracic SocietySouthwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care2160-67732014-03-018319419410.13175/swjpcc034-14March 2014 Phoenix pulmonary journal club: palliative careMathew M0Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZNo abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. Temel JS, Greer JA, Muzikansky A, Gallagher ER, Admane S, Jackson VA, Dahlin CM, Blinderman CD, Jacobsen J, Pirl WF, Billings JA, Lynch TJ. Early palliative care for patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer. N Engl J Med. 2010 Aug 19;363(8):733-42. The March journal club focused on the role of palliative care in respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) and lung cancer. Palliative care is specialized care that focuses on life threatening disease and the relief of pain and stress. Although often initiated near the end of life, palliative care should not be considered as end of life care. This study reviewed the impact of introducing palliative care in conjunction with oncologic care in the treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer versus oncologic care alone. This was a nonblinded, randomized control trial of 151 patients done at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Seventy-seven patients were randomly assigned ...http://www.swjpcc.com/pulmonary-journal-club/2014/3/26/march-2014-phoenix-pulmonary-journal-club-palliative-care.htmlpalliative careCOPDchronic obstructive pulmonary diseaselung cancerdepressionend of life caresurvivalBODE indexoncology care
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March 2014 Phoenix pulmonary journal club: palliative care
Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
palliative care
COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung cancer
depression
end of life care
survival
BODE index
oncology care
title March 2014 Phoenix pulmonary journal club: palliative care
title_full March 2014 Phoenix pulmonary journal club: palliative care
title_fullStr March 2014 Phoenix pulmonary journal club: palliative care
title_full_unstemmed March 2014 Phoenix pulmonary journal club: palliative care
title_short March 2014 Phoenix pulmonary journal club: palliative care
title_sort march 2014 phoenix pulmonary journal club palliative care
topic palliative care
COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung cancer
depression
end of life care
survival
BODE index
oncology care
url http://www.swjpcc.com/pulmonary-journal-club/2014/3/26/march-2014-phoenix-pulmonary-journal-club-palliative-care.html
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