8 Result(s)

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Pharmacological treatment of cancer pain and opioid induced nausea and vomiting: online survey and comparison with current guidelines

We assumed that in Palliative Care, even in common clinical situations, the choice of drugs differs substantially between physicians. Therefore, we assessed the practice of pharmaceutical treatment choices of ...

Jan Gaertner, Christopher Boehlke, Gudrun Kreye… in Supportive Care in Cancer (2024)

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Interventions that may increase control at the end of life in persons with dementia: the cross-cultural CONT-END acceptability study protocol and pilot-testing

Interventions such as advance care planning (ACP), technology, or access to euthanasia may increase the sense of control over the end of life. In people with advanced dementia, the loss of cognitive and physic...

Hanneke J.A. Smaling, Xu **gyuan, Miharu Nakanishi… in BMC Palliative Care (2023)

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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for advanced cancer pain inpatients in specialist palliative care—a blinded, randomized, sham-controlled pilot cross-over trial

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a treatment option for cancer pain, but the evidence is inconclusive. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TENS.

Waldemar Siemens, Christopher Boehlke, Michael I. Bennett… in Supportive Care in Cancer (2020)

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Severe symptoms and very low quality-of-life among outpatients newly diagnosed with advanced cancer: data from a multicenter cohort study

The aim of this study was to identify symptoms of severe intensity or very low scores for quality of life (QoL) domains in newly diagnosed outpatients with advanced cancer.

Waldemar Siemens, Stefan S. Schönsteiner… in Supportive Care in Cancer (2020)

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Of apples and oranges: Lessons learned from the preparation of research protocols for systematic reviews exploring the effectiveness of Specialist Palliative Care

Agreed terminology used in systematic reviews of the effectiveness of specialist palliative care ((S)PC)) is required to ensure consistency and usability and to help guide future similar reviews and the design...

Jan Gaertner, Waldemar Siemens, Barbara A. Daveson, Melinda Smith… in BMC Palliative Care (2016)

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Inconsistent conclusions on QoL outcomes from the same clinical trial

Stefan Lange, Jan Gaertner, Natalie McGauran, Nobert Schmacke… in Gastric Cancer (2016)

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Specialist palliative care services for adults with advanced, incurable illness in hospital, hospice, or community settings—protocol for a systematic review

Specialist palliative care (SPC) interventions aim to relieve and prevent suffering in the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual domain. Therefore, SPC is carried out by a multi-professional team with...

Jan Gaertner, Waldemar Siemens, Gerd Antes, Joerg J Meerpohl… in Systematic Reviews (2015)

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Differential palliative care issues in patients with primary and secondary brain tumours

Cancer may affect the central nervous system either by primary or secondary brain tumours (PBT/SBT). Specific needs of these patients and special requirements of services caring for them have not been adequate...

Christoph Ostgathe, Jan Gaertner, Maren Kotterba… in Supportive Care in Cancer (2010)