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Aggressiveness of End-of-Life Care for Hospitalized Individuals with Cancer with and without Dementia: A Nationwide Matched-Cohort Study in France.

Lucas MorinYvan BeaussantRégis AubryJohan FastbomKristina Johnell
Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2016)
Older hospitalized adults with cancer with dementia are less likely to receive aggressive cancer treatment near the end of life than those without dementia. This discrepancy raises important ethical questions for clinicians and healthcare policy-makers.
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