Palliat Med. 2015 Jul 21. pii: 0269216315595203. [Epub ahead of print] Estimating the cost of caring for people with cancer at the end of life: A modelling study. Round J, Jones L, Morris S. Using a modelling-based approach this study estimated the costs for lung, breast, colorectal and prostate cancer patients at the end of […]
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Lancet Psychiatry. 2015 Jul;2(7):635-47. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00168-6. Epub 2015 Jun 30. Patient-reported depression measures in cancer: a meta-review. Wakefield CE, Butow PN, Aaronson NA, et al. In this meta-review the findings of 19 previous reviews (including 372 primary studies) were integrated to identify which patient-reported depression measures perform best in patients with cancer. The Hospital Anxiety […]
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PLoS One. 2015 Jul 29;10(7):e0133837. A Qualitative Investigation of Health Care Professionals’, Patients’ and Partners’ Views on Psychosocial Issues and Related Interventions for Couples Coping with Cancer. Regan T, Levesque JV, Lambert SD, Kelly B. In this Australian study 20 oncology-based health care professionals (HCPs) and 20 couples (one of which had been diagnosed with […]
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JAMA Intern Med. 2015 May;175(5):691-700. Safety and benefit of discontinuing statin therapy in the setting of advanced, life-limiting illness: a randomized clinical trial. Kutner JS, Blatchford PJ, Taylor DH Jr, et al This multicentre, parallel-group, unblinded, pragmatic randomized trial evaluated the safety, clinical, and cost impact of discontinuing statin medications for patients in the palliative […]
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J Clin Oncol. 2015 Sep 1;33(25):2745-52. Prospective Cohort Study of Hospital Palliative Care Teams for Inpatients With Advanced Cancer: Earlier Consultation Is Associated With Larger Cost-Saving Effect. May P, Garrido MM, Cassel JB, et al This US based multicentre prospective observational hospital study in adults with advanced cancer assessed how the timing of palliative care […]
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Support Care Cancer. 2015 Mar 21. [Epub ahead of print] What bothers lung cancer patients the most? A prospective, longitudinal electronic patient-reported outcomes study in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. LeBlanc TW, Nickolich M, Rushing CN, Samsa GP, Locke SC, Abernethy AP. In a longitudinal single-site symptom study in 2008, 97 patients with advanced […]
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Acta Oncol. 2014 Oct 7:1-7. A prospective analysis on fatigue and experienced burden in informal caregivers of cancer patients during cancer treatment in the palliative phase Peters ME, Goedendorp MM, Verhagen SA, Smilde TJ, Bleijenberg G, van der Graaf WT. Patients on palliative oncological treatment and their carers completed the Checklist Individual Strength questionnaire to […]
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Palliat Med. 2015 Feb;29(2):120-7. Change in physiological variables in the last 2 weeks of life: An observational study of hospital in-patients with cancer Taylor P, Crouch S, Howell DA, Dowding DW, Johnson MJ. In a single centre retrospective cohort study of 102 terminally ill patients with cancer who died in hospital routinely measured parameters and […]
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Support Care Cancer. 2015 Mar 6. Exercise compliance among patients with multiple myeloma undergoing chemotherapy: a retrospective study Shallwani S, Dalzell MA, Sateren W, O’Brien S. This is a retrospective chart review study of 41 adult patients with multiple myeloma undergoing chemotherapy and rehabilitation. Exercise compliance at follow-up (at about 6 weeks after the initial […]
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Clin Nutr. 2014 Sep 27. pii: S0261-5614(14)00238-6. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2014.09.010. [Epub ahead of print] A systematic review with meta-analysis of survival, quality of life and cost-effectiveness of home parenteral nutrition in patients with inoperable malignant bowel obstruction Naghibi M, Smith TR, Elia M. A systematic review and meta-analysis assessed length of survival and quality of life […]