The aggressiveness of cancer care in the last three months of life: a retrospective single centre analysis

Sofía Braga, Ana Miranda, Rute Fonseca, José Luís Passos‐Coelho, Aires Fernandes, José Duro da Costa, António Moreira

Psycho-Oncology · 2007 · 112 citations · 26 references

Abstract

There was a large proportion of patients who received chemotherapy in the last three months of life, including initiation of a new regimen within the last 30 days. Thus, further study is needed to evaluate if such aggressive attitude results in better palliation of symptoms at the end of life.

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