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The challenge of sustainability in healthcare systems: cost of radiotherapy in the last month of life in an Italian cancer center.

Romina RossiValentina DanesiOriana NanniWilliam BalziAntonino RomeoFlavia FocaOriana NanniMarco MaltoniMattia Altini
Published in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2020)
Improved prognostic accuracy and a better integration between radiotherapy and palliative care units could be a key to a better use of resources and to a reduction in the cost of EOL RT.
Keyphrases
  • palliative care
  • early stage
  • healthcare
  • locally advanced
  • radiation therapy
  • papillary thyroid
  • radiation induced
  • advanced cancer
  • squamous cell
  • young adults
  • childhood cancer
  • life cycle