[HTML][HTML] Delivering Palliative and Supportive Care for Older Adults with Cancer: Interactions between Palliative Medicine and Geriatrics

A Castelo-Loureiro, A Perez-de-Acha, AC Torres-Perez… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Advanced cancer represents the most common reason for needing
palliative care among older adults worldwide. Unfortunately, older adults face several …

Design of an interface to communicate artificial intelligence-based prognosis for patients with advanced solid tumors: a user-centered approach

CJ Staes, AC Beck, G Chalkidis… - Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To design an interface to support communication of machine learning (ML)-
based prognosis for patients with advanced solid tumors, incorporating oncologists' needs …

[HTML][HTML] Association between inappropriate end-of-life cancer care and specialist palliative care: a retrospective observational study in two acute care hospitals

MS Boddaert, HP Fransen, EJM de Nijs, D van Gerven… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A substantial number of patients with cancer receive inappropriate end-of-
life care. Improving the quality of end-of-life care is a priority for both patients and their …

[HTML][HTML] End-of-Life Care in the Last Three Months before Death in Older Patients with Cancer in Belgium: A Large Retrospective Cohort Study Using Data Linkage

V Depoorter, K Vanschoenbeek, L Decoster… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The care older patients with cancer receive in Belgium in the last months
of life is not well defined. This study aimed to describe healthcare use at the end of life and …

[HTML][HTML] Trends and determinants of place of death among Chinese lymphoma patients: a population-based study from 2013-2021

XS Ding, JL Qi, WP Liu, P Yin, LJ Wang… - American Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Limited research exists on factors influencing the place of death (POD) or hospital deaths
among lymphoma patients in China, despite the country's significant burden of lymphoid …

Exploring End-of-Life Care for Patients with Breast Cancer, Dementia or Heart Failure: A Register-Based Study of Individual and Institutional Factors

TP Hagen, E Zelko - Healthcare, 2024 - mdpi.com
Objective: To examine variations in end-of-life care for breast cancer, heart failure, and
dementia patients. Data and methods: Data from four Norwegian health registries were …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing the use of aggressive end-of life care among frail and non-frail patients with cancer using a claims-based frailty index

R Sachdev, G Shearn-Nance, L Vu… - Journal of Geriatric …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Despite mounting consensus that end-of-life (EOL) care for patients with cancer
should focus on improving quality of life, many patients continue to receive aggressive …

Understanding the Utility of Less Than Six-Month Prognosis Using Administrative Data Among US Nursing Home Residents With Cancer

L Vu, SM Koroukian, SL Douglas, HL Fein… - Palliative Medicine …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Background: There is a dearth of studies evaluating the utility of reporting prognostication
among nursing home (NH) residents with cancer. Objective: To study factors associated with …

Establishing a Lancet Oncology Commission on the humanitarian crisis of cancer

G Rodin, M Skelton, N Bhoo-Pathy, O Dewachi… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
The idea for this Lancet Oncology Commission on the humanitarian crisis of cancer
emerged in 2022 in response to the shared concerns of a group of clinicians, scholars, and …

Estimating the Costs of End-of-Life Care in Patients With Advanced Cancer From the Perspective of an Insurance Organization: A Cross-Sectional Study in Iran

A Zafari, P Mehdizadeh, M Bahadori… - Value in Health …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives Cancers are significant medical conditions that contribute to the rising costs of
healthcare systems and chronic diseases. This study aimed to estimate the average costs of …