Differences in Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Patients With Cancer Six Months Before Death.
Samantha H TamNada Al-AntaryEric Adjei BoakyeKylie SpringerLaila M PoissonWan-Ting SuJeewanjot S GrewalTheresa ZatirkaMichael RyanBenjamin MovsasSteven S ChangPublished in: JCO oncology practice (2024)
Compared with controls, patients dying within 6 months of PROM completion demonstrated worse PROM scores in the four domains assessed. These findings suggest the utility of routinely collected PROMs as a real-time indicator of the terminal stage of life among patients with cancer to allow for earlier intervention with supportive oncology services.