Iris Zoe Groissenberger- Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences
Iris Zoe Groissenberger
- Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences
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Background
Systemic anticancer treatment (SACT) for advanced cancer patients with limited prognosis before death is associated with high toxicity and reduced quality of life. Guidelines discourage this approach as low-value care. However, a significant number of patients continue to receive SACT in the last 30 days of life.
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Opinion Statement
Systemic anticancer therapy (SACT) includes different treatment modalities that can be effective in treating cancer. However, in the case of disease progression, cancers might become incurable and SACT might reach its limits. In the case of incurable cancers, SACT is often given in a palliative setting, with the goal of improving...
Timely integration of specialized palliative care (SPC) has been shown to improve cancer patients’ quality of life (QoL) and reduced the use of medical services. To evaluate the level of integration of SPC services for patients with advanced small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), we retrospectively analyzed medical records of patients from 2019 to 2021. Re...
