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A Perfect Blend of ‘Palliative Heart’ and ‘Oncology Brain’ in an Advanced Cancer Patient

NMO Journal
Cancer of the oesophagus is the 9th-most common cancer worldwide and the 5th-most common malignancy in India amongst both genders. It usually presents in an advanced stage, and approximately half of them have metastatic disease at the time of ...
Mrinalini Verma, Puja Kumari, Divya Kukreja   +2 more
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Resectability of the pancreatic adenocarcinoma: A study from Iran

Advanced Biomedical Research, 2014
Background: Definite treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma is surgical resection. Absence of early symptoms in most patients leads to late diagnosis and treatment. This study aims to evaluate resectability of the pancreatic adenocarcinoma at the time of
Mahmud Baghbanian, Hasan Salmanroghani, Ali Baghbanian, Mohsen Bakhtpour, Bijan Shabazkhani   +4 more
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Advanced breast cancer

Pan African Medical Journal, 2018
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women worldwide and the advanced stage is the first cause of cancer death in women. We report a case of a 65-year-old woman who has had nodular lesions in the right breast for 8 months, progressively increasing in size and number, a biopsy shows the presence of breast cancer that was an invasive ductal
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Starvation tactics using natural compounds for advanced cancers: pharmacodynamics, clinical efficacy, and predictive biomarkers

Cancer Medicine, 2018
The high mortality associated with oncological diseases is mostly due to tumors in advanced stages, and their management is a major challenge in modern oncology.
Khalid El Bairi, Mariam Amrani, Said Afqir   +2 more
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Status quo and related factors analysis of cognition and attitude toward death with dignity in patients with advanced cancer

Huli yanjiu, 2020
ObjectiveTo understand the cognition and attitude toward death with dignity in patients with advanced cancer，and to analyze the influencing factors.MethodsA total of 177 patients with advanced cancer，who were in hospital in Tianjin Medical University ...
QUAN Manman, ZHANG Xiuxiu, ZHANG Jie, GUO Xin   +3 more
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Practice Patterns of Palliative Radiotherapy for Advanced Cancer at a Large Institute in Saudi Arabia

Palliative Medicine Reports
Background and Aims: Palliative radiotherapy practice patterns have been reported to vary widely, with a notable underutilization of single fraction treatment schedules.
Wsam Ghandourh, Zaheeda Mulla, Belal Sharaf, Elham Ghabashi, Anan Bamakhrama   +4 more
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Relevance of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Patients with Cancer: Detection of Underrated Psychological Distress of Palliative Care Patients in an Outpatient Setting

Palliative Medicine Reports
Background: The overall level of physical and psychological symptom burden of advanced cancer patients (ACP) in an outpatient setting is notoriously difficult to assess.
Madeleine Fink, Sandy Müller, Eva Warnecke, Jörg Hense, Martin Schuler, Martin Teufel, Maria Rosa Salvador Comino, Mitra Tewes   +7 more
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Effect of Hemoglobin on the Prognosis of Patients With Advanced Cancer in Palliative Care Settings

Palliative Medicine Reports
Background: Hemoglobin (Hb) has been reported as a prognostic factor in many cancer patients. However, its effect on the prognosis of patients with advanced cancer receiving palliative treatment is still unclear.
Xinghe Liao, Cihang Bao, Qi Song, Hui Liu, Minghui Liu, Zhe Zhang, Jin Zhang, Chenyue Zhang, Weiwei Zhao   +8 more
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Individualized quality of life, standardized quality of life, and distress in patients undergoing a phase I trial of the novel therapeutic Reolysin (reovirus)

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2005
Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the individualized and standardized quality of life (QL) and psychological distress of patients participating in a Phase I trial of the novel therapeutic reovirus (Reolysin).
Bultz Barry D, Carlson Linda E, Morris Donald G   +2 more
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Factors predicting survival time in advanced cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study in a tertiary Saudi hospital

Palliative Medicine in Practice
BACKGROUND: Cancer is a major cause of mortality in Saudi Arabia, increasing the demand for palliative and end-of-life care services. Accurate survival prediction in advanced cancer is essential for clinical decision-making and timely hospice referral ...
Sana Alzaidi, Majd Ahmad, Hassan Alkattan, Ghufran Abduljabbar   +3 more
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