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What determines the timing of discussions on forgoing anticancer treatment? A national survey of med...

What determines the timing of discussions on forgoing anticancer treatment? A national survey of med...

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What determines the timing of discussions on forgoing anticancer treatment? A national survey of medical oncologists

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Full title

What determines the timing of discussions on forgoing anticancer treatment? A national survey of medical oncologists

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Journal title

Supportive care in cancer, 2019-04, Vol.27 (4), p.1375-1382

Language

English

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Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Purpose
End-of-life discussions (EOLd) including the option of forgoing anticancer treatment infrequently occur until treatment options have been exhausted for advanced cancer patients. We aimed to identify oncologist-related factors contributing to the timing of discussing the option of forgoing anticancer treatment.
Methods
In this natio...

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Full title

What determines the timing of discussions on forgoing anticancer treatment? A national survey of medical oncologists

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2094412249

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2094412249

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ISSN

0941-4355

E-ISSN

1433-7339

DOI

10.1007/s00520-018-4423-7

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