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Open AccessCorrection: International consensus on the management of metastatic gastric cancer: step by step in the foggy landscape
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Open AccessInternational consensus on the management of metastatic gastric cancer: step by step in the foggy landscape
Many gastric cancer patients in Western countries are diagnosed as metastatic with a median overall survival of less than twelve months using standard chemotherapy. Innovative treatments, like targeted therapy...
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Open AccessRadiotherapy and palliative care outpatient clinic: a new healthcare integrated model in Italy
On the basis of substantial evidence demonstrate that palliative care combined with standard care improves patient, caregiver, and society outcomes, we have developed a new healthcare model called radiotherapy...
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3-T magnetic resonance–guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (3 T-MR-HIFU) for the treatment of pain from bone metastases of solid tumors
Bone metastases (BM) are still the main cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients, not only because of their complications, defined as skeletal-related events (SREs), but also because of the negative...
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Open AccessPatients with multiple myeloma referred for palliative care consultation: from retrospective analysis to future directions to improve clinical outcomes
New treatments have improved the overall survival of patients with multiple myeloma (MM). At diagnosis and during the course of the disease, patients often report pain and other symptoms. Given the long diseas...
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Open AccessThe challenge of sustainability in healthcare systems: cost of radiotherapy in the last month of life in an Italian cancer center
Cost evaluation is becoming mandatory to support healthcare sustainability and optimize the decision-making process. This topic is a challenge, especially for complex and rapidly evolving treatment modalities ...
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Open AccessRisk of detrimental recommendations for cancer pain management
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The challenge of prognostication in palliative radiotherapy: the way forward is shared decision-making
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Clinical and psychometric validation of the BreSAS questionnaire module for symptom assessment among breast cancer survivors
The large number of women surviving many years post breast cancer (BC) diagnosis has heightened interest in studying long-term effects of cancer on quality of life (QoL). Several cancer-specific health-related...
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Personalized goal for insomnia and clinical response in advanced cancer patients
The aim of this study was to assess the Personalized Insomnia Intensity Goal (PIIG), the achievement of Personalized Goal Response (PGR), and Patient Global Impression (PGI) after a comprehensive symptom manag...
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Systematic vs. on-demand early palliative care in gastric cancer patients: a randomized clinical trial assessing patient and healthcare service outcomes
Early palliative care (EPC) has shown a positive impact on quality of life (QoL), quality of care, and healthcare costs. We evaluated such effects in patients with advanced gastric cancer.
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Symptom expression in advanced cancer patients admitted to hospice or home care with and without delirium
The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between delirium and symptom expression in advanced cancer patients admitted to palliative care services. This is a secondary analysis of a consecutive ...
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Palliative Sedation for the Terminally Ill Patient
Palliative sedation (PS) is performed in the terminally ill patient to manage one or more refractory symptoms. Proportional PS, which means that drugs can be titrated to the minimum effective dose, is the form...
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Open AccessThe challenge of sustainability in healthcare systems: frequency and cost of diagnostic procedures in end-of-life cancer patients
Literature data on the overuse and misuse of diagnostic procedures leading to end-of-life aggressiveness are scarce due to the limited amount of estimated economic waste. This study investigated the potential ...
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Open AccessChemotherapy and palliative care near end-of life: examining the appropriateness at a cancer institute for colorectal cancer patients
Appropriate cessation of chemotherapy and timely referral of patients to hospice services are crucial for the quality of care near death. We investigated the quality of care in our Cancer Institute in very adv...
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The Italian version of the FAMCARE scale: a validation study
Evaluation of the quality of care is a key element that healthcare providers now take into consideration to meet patients’ needs, expectations, and values. The FAMCARE scale is one of the most important instru...
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Translation of Supportive Care Needs Survey Short Form 34 (SCNS-SF34) into Italian and cultural validation study
The Supportive Care Needs Survey (SCNS) is one of the most comprehensive tools used in the clinical trials to measure the perceived unmet supportive care needs of cancer patients. The original 59-item instrume...
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Impact of admission to hospice on pain intensity and type of pain therapies administered
The primary aim of this study was to evaluate pain intensity changes in patients admitted to a hospice. The secondary objective was to evaluate whether these changes in pain were accompanied by modifications i...
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Chemotherapy prescription appropriateness in end-of-life cancer care: impact of referral to the palliative care specialist at the Cancer Institute of Romagna (IRST)–IRCCS
The expansion of therapeutic possibilities for late-stage cancer patients and the increasing availability of new chemotherapeutic agents with a good toxicity profile can lead to aggressive and potentially inap...
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Erratum to: Managing chronic pain: results from an open-label study using MC5-A Calmare® device
