作者
Marco Maltoni, Emanuela Scarpi, Monia Dall'Agata, Vittorina Zagonel, Raffaella Bertè, Daris Ferrari, Chiara Maria Broglia, Roberto Bortolussi, Leonardo Trentin, Martina Valgiusti, Sara Pini, Alberto Farolfi, Andrea Casadei Gardini, Oriana Nanni, Dino Amadori, Giovanni Luca Frassineti, Elisabetta Sansoni, Angela Ragazzini, Silvia Ruscelli, Gino Crivellari, Antonella Galiano, Maria Grazia Rodriquenz, Claudia Biasini, Rosa Porzio, Cristina Pittureri, Elena Amaducci, Marina Faedi, Carla Codecà, Francesca Crepaldi, Paolo Pedrazzoli, Alfina Bramanti, Angela Buonadonna, Ferdinando Garetto, Alessandro Comandone, Monica Giordano, Giovanna Luchena, Massimo Luzzani, Chiara Cifatte, Maria Simona Pino, Sonia Zoccali, Maria Teresa Cattaneo, Davide Dalu, Pietro Sozzi, Roberta Gauna, Sara Alquati, Massimo Costantini, Silvia Quadrini, Filomena Narducci, Cataldo Mastromauro, Rodolfo Scognamiglio, Daniela Degiovanni, Federica Negri, Augusto Caraceni, Luigi Montanari
发表日期
2016/9/1
期刊
European Journal of Cancer
卷号
65
页码范围
61-68
出版商
Pergamon
简介
Background
Early palliative care (EPC) in oncology has been shown to have a positive impact on clinical outcome, quality-of-care outcomes, and costs. However, the optimal way for activating EPC has yet to be defined.
Methods
This prospective, multicentre, randomised study was conducted on 207 outpatients with metastatic or locally advanced inoperable pancreatic cancer. Patients were randomised to receive ‘standard cancer care plus on-demand EPC’ (n = 100) or ‘standard cancer care plus systematic EPC’ (n = 107). Primary outcome was change in quality of life (QoL) evaluated through the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Hepatobiliary questionnaire between baseline (T0) and after 12 weeks (T1), in particular the integration of physical, functional, and Hepatic Cancer Subscale (HCS) combined in the Trial Outcome Index (TOI). Patient mood, survival, relatives' satisfaction with care, and indicators …
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