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Duration of palliative care involvement and immunotherapy treatment near the end of life among patients with cancer who died in-hospital.

Juline AuclairStéphane SanchezJan ChruscielLouise HannetelMatthieu FrascaGuillaume EconomosRaphaelle Habert-DantignyEduardo BrueraBenoit BurucoaFiona EcarnotIsabelle ColombetCécile Barbaret
Published in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2022)
ICI therapy is frequently used close to the end of life in patients with advanced cancer. Innovative new anti-cancer treatments should not delay PC referral. Improved collaboration between PC and oncological teams is needed to address this issue.
Keyphrases
  • advanced cancer
  • palliative care
  • primary care
  • healthcare
  • rectal cancer
  • emergency department
  • radical prostatectomy
  • prostate cancer
  • stem cells
  • adverse drug
  • replacement therapy