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- Title
Supportive care and not only palliative care in the route of cancer patients.
- Authors
Antonuzzo, Andrea; Lucchesi, Maurizio; Brunetti, Isa; Galli, Luca; Vasile, Enrico; Bonci, Francesca; Ricci, Sergio; Falcone, Alfredo
- Abstract
The article discusses a study on palliative and supportive care in cancer patients. It differentiates palliative and supportive care which both aim to manage symptoms of a serious disease. It states that the management of cancer therapies' toxicity is one of the main problems of an oncologic department. It details the quality of care being given to patients at an oncology department composed of out-patients day hospital, in-patients section, and follow-up ambulatory.
- Subjects
PALLIATIVE treatment; CANCER treatment; CANCER patient care; ONCOLOGY
- Publication
Supportive Care in Cancer, 2013, Vol 21, Issue 3, p657
- ISSN
0941-4355
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1007/s00520-012-1658-6