Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
O’Brien J, Halsey B, Connors M, Deng M, Handorf E, Berardi G, Lynch S, Sorice K, Reddy S, Meyer J, Bauman J, Dotan E. Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2024 PMID: 39636708, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2024.0313.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnd of lifeAggressive EOL carePalliative careDay of deathEOL carePC consultationIntegration of palliative careEnd of life careEnd-of-life careAssociated with worse qualityHealth care resourcesMetastatic pancreatic cancerQuality of lifePC teamAggressive careCare resourcesHospiceAverage length of timeTertiary cancer centerCareWorse qualityAverage timeCancer CenterBenefit patientsPancreatic cancerIncorporating stereotactic body radiation therapy for inoperable pancreatic cancer.
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