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Pain Medicine
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Evaluation of the cost of home care for terminally ill cancer patients
The aim of this work was to carry out a cost evaluation of the home care programme for terminally ill cancer patients run by the Istituto Oncologico Romagnolo (I.O.R.) in the areas of Forlì, Cesena, Ravenna a...
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Outcome research in palliative care: could it represent a new dimension of clinical research or clinical practice?
Outcome research is a new dimension of clinical research, and all fields of clinical medicine are involved in this kind of analysis. Overall survival and quality of life are the main outcomes identified in cli...
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A validation study of the WHO analgesic ladder: a two-step vs three-step strategy
The aims of the present study were to verify whether an innovative therapeutic strategy for the treatment of mild-moderate chronic cancer pain, passing directly from step I to step III of the WHO analgesic lad...
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The palliative prognostic score and survival in patients with advanced solid tumors receiving chemotherapy
To evaluate the accuracy of the Palliative Prognostic Score (PaP score) in selecting metastatic gastrointestinal or nonsmall-cell lung cancer patients candidate to palliative chemotherapy.
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Attitude of Italian medical oncologists toward palliative care for patients with advanced cancer: results of the SIO project
The aim of this survey was to describe the attitude of Italian oncologists towards palliative care.
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Reproducibility of results on chronic pain with MC5-A Calmare® device from independent studies
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Managing chronic pain: results from an open-label study using MC5-A Calmare® device
Despite state-of-the-art therapeutic strategies for pain, some types of chronic pain remain difficult to treat. We evaluated the effectiveness of an innovative neuromodulative approach to the treatment of chro...
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Prospective observational Italian study on palliative sedation in two hospice settings: differences in casemixes and clinical care
Palliative sedation (PS) has been defined as the use of sedative medications to relieve intolerable suffering from refractory symptoms by a reduction in patient consciousness. It is sometimes necessary in end-...
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Erratum to: Managing chronic pain: results from an open-label study using MC5-A Calmare® device
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The challenge of prognostication in palliative radiotherapy: the way forward is shared decision-making
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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 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...
