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Anticancer therapy within the last 30 days of life: results of an audit and re-audit cycle from an Australian regional cancer centre.

Mike M NguyenSean Ng Ying KinEvonne ShumAlysson WannBabak TamjidArvind SahuJavier Torres
Published in: BMC palliative care (2020)
This audit demonstrated that a quality improvement intervention can impact quality of care indicators with reductions in the use of chemotherapy within the last 30 days of life. However, immunotherapy use increased which may be explained by increased access and a better risk benefit balance.
Keyphrases
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