Early specialized palliative care for patients with metastatic lung cancer receiving chemotherapy: a feasibility study of a nurse-led screening-triggered programme.

Yoshihisa MatsumotoShigeki UmemuraAyumi OkizakiDaisuke FujisawaNaoko KobayashiYuko TanakaChiyuki SasakiKen ShimizuAsao OgawaHiroya KinoshitaYosuke UchitomiKazuhiro YoshiuchiYutaka MatsuyamaTatsuya MoritaKoichi GotoYuichiro Ohe

Published in: Japanese journal of clinical oncology (2022)

This early specialized palliative care intervention is feasible and could be useful in improving patients' quality of life. The present results justify the initiation of a randomized control trial.

Keyphrases

palliative care
advanced cancer
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
randomized controlled trial
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
study protocol
clinical trial
radiation therapy
locally advanced