… potential quality indicators for end-of-life cancer care amenable to monitoring with current
data systems. Such indicators would not be meant to analyze the care given to a particular …

… aggressive cancer care near the end of life during the mid-1990s. In this article, we will
review the literature on the aggressiveness of cancer treatment near the end of life and update …

… Issues pertaining to end-of-life cancer care affect a … cancer [2-6]. At the same time,
there has been a recognition of the importance of high-quality end-of-life care, including end-of-life …

… data to assess the intensity of end-of-life cancer care. … records in one hospital and affiliated
cancer treatment center. … Systems not providing overly aggressive care near the end of life …

… In this study, we assessed the relationship between aggressive end-of-life care and
family member–reported quality ratings of end-of-life care using data from the Cancer Care …

… , or a physician house call or a palliative care assessment in the last two weeks of life was
… of Ontario cancer patients have indicators of poor quality end-of-life care. Certain health …

… care also includes many other services, such as teams that manage toxicities of cancer
treatments and cancer-… stenting), wound-care teams, psychosocial oncology, social workers, and …

… Our study shows directly that most EOL care conversations begin in the final weeks of life,
long after decisions about initial cancer treatments are likely to have taken place. Few patients …

… the spectrum of cancer care. The framework aims to facilitate the development and
widespread use of quality indicators for end-of-life cancer care; when end-of-life quality indicators …

… the indicators of aggressive end-of-life cancer care used in this study are fully measurable
with Ontario administrative data. In addition, the quality of the Ontario Cancer Registry is high …