Related Articles The Functional Palliative Prognostic Index: a scoring system for functional prognostication of patients with advanced cancer. Support Care Cancer. 2020 Dec;28(12):6067-6074 Authors: Hiratsuka Y, Yamaguchi T, Maeda I, Morita T, Mori M, Yokomichi N, Hiramoto S, Matsuda Y, Kohara H, Suzuki K, Tagami K, Yamaguchi T, Inoue A Abstract PURPOSE: For appropriate advance care planning, functional prognostication is necessary. However, there are no studies of functional prognostication in patients with cancer. The aim of this study was to develop a functional prognostic scoring system for patients with advanced cancer. METHODS: In this multicenter prospective observational study, 1896 patients…
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Related Articles End-of-Life Care of Hospitalized Children with Advanced Heart Disease. J Korean Med Sci. 2020 Apr 27;35(16):e107 Authors: Lee J, Kim GB, Song MK, Lee SY, Kim MS, Bae EJ Abstract BACKGROUND: Despite improvements in palliative care for critically ill children, the characteristics of end-of-life care for pediatric patients with advanced heart disease are not well-known. We investigated these characteristics among hospitalized children with advanced heart disease in a tertiary referral center in Korea. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the records of 136 patients with advanced heart disease who died in our pediatric department from January 2006 through December 2013.…
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Related Articles Public Perceptions of Advance Care Planning, Palliative Care, and Hospice: A Scoping Review. J Palliat Med. 2021 01;24(1):46-52 Authors: Grant MS, Back AL, Dettmar NS Abstract Background: Although access to advance care planning (ACP), palliative care, and hospice has increased, public attitudes may still be barriers to their optimal use. Purpose: To synthesize empirical research from disparate sources that describes public perceptions of ACP, palliative care, and hospice in ways that could inform public messaging. Data Sources: Searches of PubMed and other databases were made from January 2011 to January 2020. Study Selection: Studies reporting survey or interview…
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Related Articles Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) 2020 clinical practice recommendations for the management of severe gastrointestinal and hepatic toxicities from checkpoint inhibitors. Support Care Cancer. 2020 Dec;28(12):6129-6143 Authors: Dougan M, Blidner AG, Choi J, Cooksley T, Glezerman I, Ginex P, Girotra M, Gupta D, Johnson D, Shannon VR, Suarez-Almazor M, Anderson R, Rapoport BL Abstract Immune-related adverse events (IrAEs) affecting the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and liver are among the most frequent and most severe inflammatory toxicities from contemporary immunotherapy. Inflammation of the colon and or small intestines (entero)colitis is the single most common GI IrAE and…
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Related Articles Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) 2020 clinical practice recommendations for the management of severe dermatological toxicities from checkpoint inhibitors. Support Care Cancer. 2020 Dec;28(12):6119-6128 Authors: Choi J, Anderson R, Blidner A, Cooksley T, Dougan M, Glezerman I, Ginex P, Girotra M, Gupta D, Johnson D, Shannon VR, Suarez-Almazor M, Rapoport BL, Lacouture ME Abstract Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) frequently result in cutaneous immune-related adverse events (IrAEs). Although the majority of these events are mild-to-moderate in severity, up to 5% are severe, which may lead to morbidity and dose interruption or discontinuation of ICI therapy. In…
Origen: Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) 2020 clinical practice recommendations for the management of severe dermatological toxicities from checkpoint inhibitors. – PubMed