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Am J Hosp Palliat Care · Dec 2014
A survey of patients who were referred to our palliative care division from other hospitals and appeared to have obvious indications for cancer chemotherapies.
- Yasuo Hirayama, Takeshi Terui, Toshiro Kusakabe, Kazuhiko Koike, Kaoru Ono, Junji Kato, and Kunihiko Ishitani.
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Higashi Sapporo Hospital hirayama@hsh.or.jp.
- Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2014 Dec 1; 31 (8): 804-7.
AbstractHigashi Sapporo Hospital is a cancer-specific hospital with palliative care doctors and certified oncologists. During case conferences held twice a week, we routinely evaluate the referred patients. In our case conferences, we selected patients who were referred to our palliative care division from other hospitals, with possible indications for cancer chemotherapies. We reviewed a total of 1215 patients who were referred to our palliative care division. We identified 18 cases as having indications for cancer chemotherapies. Among them, we identified 4 cases as having indications for standard cancer chemotherapies. All 4 patients tolerated the therapies well, responded to chemotherapy, and survived for more than 1 year. Conferences in which oncologists and palliative care doctors can discuss cases frequently and intimately are thought to be important. © The Author(s) 2013.
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