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Clinical implication of megestrol acetate in metastatic gastric cancer: a big data analysis from Health Insurance Review and Assessment (HIRA) database
Megestrol acetate (MA) is used to manage anorexia and cachexia in patients with advanced cancer. This study investigated the prescription patterns of MA in patients with metastatic gastric cancer, as well as e...
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Open AccessPrognostic impact of pretreatment skeletal muscle index and CONUT score in diffuse large B-cell Lymphoma
Although the prognostic value of the Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) has been reported in several previous studies, its clinical relevance for the presence...
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Impact of family caregivers’ awareness of the prognosis on their quality of life/depression and those of patients with advanced cancer: a prospective cohort study
A caregiver’s prognostic awareness can affect clinical decisions for the patient. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of family caregivers’ prognostic awareness on the quality of life (QOL) and...
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Interference with daily functioning by breakthrough pain in patients with cancer
To investigate the association between quality of life (QOL) and breakthrough cancer pain (BTCP) intensity in patients who met the commonly accepted definition of BTCP.
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Association of illness understanding with advance care planning and end-of-life care preferences for advanced cancer patients and their family members
Little has been determined regarding the association between patients’ and families’ illness understanding and preferences for medical care. We aimed to evaluate the association of illness understanding with a...
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Correction to: Priorities of a “good death” according to cancer patients, their family caregivers, physicians, and the general population: a nationwide survey
While recently extending that research, however, we discovered that 236 members of the general population were mistakenly duplicated by the investigating agency (Word Research) and 1241 were reported rather th...
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Correction to: The impact of caregiver’s role preference on decisional conflicts and psychiatric distresses in decision making to help caregiver’s disclosure of terminal disease status
In the original publication of the article, the incorrect grant number HC13C1391 was published in the acknowledgement section. The correct grant number is HC15C1391.
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Safety and efficacy of trastuzumab administered as a 30-min infusion in patients with HER2-positive advanced gastric cancer
To investigate the safety and efficacy of 30-min maintenance infusions of trastuzumab in advanced gastric cancer positive for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2).
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Priorities of a “good death” according to cancer patients, their family caregivers, physicians, and the general population: a nationwide survey
Understanding the concept of a “good death” is crucial to end-of-life care, but our current understanding of what constitutes a good death is insufficient. Here, we investigated the components of a good death ...
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Open AccessAttenuated FOLFIRINOX in the salvage treatment of gemcitabine-refractory advanced pancreatic cancer: a phase II study
Combination therapy with oxaliplatin, irinotecan, fluorouracil, and leucovorin (FOLFIRINOX) chemotherapy drastically improves survival of advanced pancreatic cancer patients. However, the efficacy of FOLFIRINO...
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The impact of caregiver’s role preference on decisional conflicts and psychiatric distresses in decision making to help caregiver’s disclosure of terminal disease status
The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of caregivers’ role preference in decision making on conflicts and psychiatric distresses.
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Open AccessDevelopment and validation of the quality care questionnaire –palliative care (QCQ-PC): patient-reported assessment of quality of palliative care
In this study, we aimed to develop and validate an instrument that could be used by patients with cancer to evaluate their quality of palliative care.
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Open AccessEfficacy and safety of controlled-release oxycodone/naloxone versus controlled-release oxycodone in Korean patients with cancer-related pain: a randomized controlled trial
Controlled-release oxycodone/naloxone (OXN-CR) maintains the effect of opioid-induced analgesia through oxycodone while reducing the occurrence rate of opioid-induced constipation through naloxone. The present...
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The role of adjuvant therapy after R0 resection for patients with intrahepatic and perihilar cholangiocarcinomas
There is still debated regarding the optimal treatment strategy for cholangiocarcinoma (CC) after curative resection. The aim of this study was to analyze the role of adjuvant therapy in R0-resected intrahepat...
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Role of adjuvant therapy after R0 resection for patients with distal cholangiocarcinoma
The optimal treatment strategy for cholangiocarcinoma (CC) after curative resection remains controversial. The aim of this study was to analyze the role of adjuvant therapy in R0-resected distal CC.
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Sarcopenia and inflammation are independent predictors of survival in male patients newly diagnosed with small cell lung cancer
Sarcopenia is suggested to be associated with cancer-related inflammation. We assessed the clinical outcome of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients according to sarcopenia and the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ra...
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Open AccessChemotherapy vs supportive care alone for relapsed gastric, gastroesophageal junction, and oesophageal adenocarcinoma: a meta-analysis of patient-level data
Second-line chemotherapy treatment of patients with relapsed gastric and oesophageal cancers in comparison with supportive care (SC) alone has been supported by recent phase 3 clinical trials, but a meta-analy...
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Phase II trial of epidermal growth factor ointment for patients with Erlotinib-related skin effects
The efficacy of erlotinib, the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has been demonstrated in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and pancreatic cancer (PC). In the pr...
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Prognostic significance of the absolute monocyte counts in lung cancer patients with venous thromboembolism
We investigated the clinical significance of the absolute monocyte count (AMC) as a predictor of the response to anticoagulation and survival in lung cancer patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE). We retro...
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Prognostic significance of the lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio in patients with small cell lung cancer
We investigated the role of the lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) at diagnosis in patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) treated with standard chemotherapy. We retrospectively reviewed all SCLC patients ...
