End-of-life symptoms and interventions among women with gynecologic cancers in a tertiary-care hospital in Thailand.

Thanchanok SompratthanaNatacha PhoolcharoenKathleen M SchmelerRuangsak Lertkhachonsuk

Published in: International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society (2019)

Multiple hospital admissions, aggressive treatments, and invasive procedures were common among patients with gynecologic cancer at the end of life. Better symptom management, end-of-life preparation, and communication are needed to enhance patients' quality of life in Thailand.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
physical activity
papillary thyroid
endometrial cancer
patient reported
mass spectrometry
childhood cancer
solid phase extraction