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Performance scales can help physicians, families of pediatric cancer patients make informed decisions

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite recent advances in pediatric oncology, approximately 25% of children diagnosed with cancer will die of ...
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Palliative performance scale differences between patients referred by specialized cancer center and general hospitals to the palliative care center in Kuwait.

Features of prognosis, genetics and drug sensitivity of very elderly lung cancer patients. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full ...
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A Policy Framework For States Seeking To Scale Palliative Care

Despite proven benefits for patients and value for health systems, access to palliative care remains limited due to lack of awareness and workforce shortages. Low reimbursement rates have made matters ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Using the NQF Measure Incubator to Develop Patient-Reported Outcome Performance Measures in Palliative Cancer Care

The National Quality Forum (NQF) Measure Incubator provides a platform for the development of patient-reported outcome performance measures in palliative cancer care, which is essential to ...
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Prognostic Value of Palliative Prognostic Index for Hospitalized Patients With End-of-Life Hematologic Malignancies in a Japanese University Hospital

Uncertainty of prognosis is one reason patients with hematologic malignancies receive aggressive therapy near end of life more often than those with advanced solid tumors. It is unknown whether end-of ...