2023
Cross-cultural comparison of continuous deep sedation for advanced cancer patients in East Asian countries: prospective cohort study.
Yang C, Chen P, Mori M, Morita T, Cheng S, Suh S, Kim S, Yokomichi N, Imai K, Ito S, Yamaguchi T, Hiratsuka Y, Tsuneto S, Maeda S. Cross-cultural comparison of continuous deep sedation for advanced cancer patients in East Asian countries: prospective cohort study. Japanese Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2023, 53: 714-721. PMID: 37114920, DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyad037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContinuous deep sedationPractice of continuous deep sedationPrevalence of continuous deep sedationPalliative care unitAdvanced cancer patientsProspective cohort studyDeep sedationPhysician discomfortPhysician practicesPsychological symptomsSedation practicesCohort studyAdvanced cancerCompare clinical characteristicsClinical practiceCare unitCancer patientsPhysiciansSedative administrationQuantitative studyTarget symptomsPrevalenceClinical characteristicsNon-sedated groupCross-cultural comparisons
2021
Incidence and associated factors of sudden unexpected death in advanced cancer patients: A multicenter prospective cohort study
Ito S, Morita T, Uneno Y, Taniyama T, Matsuda Y, Kohara H, Maeda I, Nakayama T, Mori M, Investigators T. Incidence and associated factors of sudden unexpected death in advanced cancer patients: A multicenter prospective cohort study. Cancer Medicine 2021, 10: 4939-4947. PMID: 34114364, PMCID: PMC8290229, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.4030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInpatient hospices/palliative care unitsAdvanced cancer patientsProspective cohort studyCohort studyPalliative care physiciansCare unitCancer patientsFunctional status assessmentSudden unexpected deathOccurrence of sudden unexpected deathMulticenter prospective cohort studyFamily caregiversHospice/palliative careCare physiciansUnexpected deathMedical staffFunctional declineMale sexKarnofsky PSStatus assessmentPhysiciansSudden deathDeathIncidencePatients
2020
Significance of fluid retention, body mass index, and weight loss in patients with advanced cancer
Amano K, Maeda I, Ishiki H, Miura T, Hatano Y, Oya K, Sakashita A, Ito S, Hiratsuka Y, Morita T, Mori M. Significance of fluid retention, body mass index, and weight loss in patients with advanced cancer. JCSM Clinical Reports 2020, 5: 69-78. DOI: 10.1002/crt2.23.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass index groupsBody mass indexValidity of body mass indexMass indexAdvanced cancerGrading systemNo significant differenceFluid retentionAsian cancer patientsProspective cohort studyPrevalence of pleural effusionWeight lossSurvival rateMultivariate Cox regression analysisPrognostic validityKaplan-Meier methodLog-rank testSignificant differenceCox regression analysisTime-to-event analysisSecondary analysisCohort studyMedian survivalPrognostic significancePleural effusion