Incidence and associated factors of sudden unexpected death in advanced cancer patients: A multicenter prospective cohort study.

Satoko ItoTatsuya MoritaYu UnenoTomohiko Taniyama Yosuke MatsudaHiroyuki KoharaIsseki Maeda Takeo Nakayama Masanori Morinull null

Published in: Cancer medicine (2021)

Sudden unexpected death is not uncommon even in inpatient hospices/palliative care units, with range of 6.4-16.8% according to the different definitions.

Keyphrases

palliative care
advanced cancer
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
mental health
prognostic factors
clinical trial