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Mashup Score: 4
Older adults with advanced cancer frequently experience declines in physical performance and daily functioning during systemic therapy, with higher patient-reported symptomatic toxicities correlating…
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Mashup Score: 29Inpatient Immunotherapy Outcomes Study: A Multicenter Retrospective Analysis | JCO Oncology Practice - 4 day(s) ago
PURPOSEImmune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized the care of patients with cancer, but use among hospitalized patients is controversial as a result of questionable benefit and high costs. To evaluate the role of ICIs in the inpatient (IP) …
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Mashup Score: 29Inpatient Immunotherapy Outcomes Study: A Multicenter Retrospective Analysis | JCO Oncology Practice - 5 day(s) ago
PURPOSEImmune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized the care of patients with cancer, but use among hospitalized patients is controversial as a result of questionable benefit and high costs. To evaluate the role of ICIs in the inpatient (IP) …
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Mashup Score: 73
Nature Medicine – A cluster-randomized controlled trial found that using an electronic system for symptom monitoring of patient-reported outcomes during treatment led to sustained improvements in…
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Mashup Score: 14
This randomized clinical trial investigates whether a dementia care management program with integrated palliative care improved the neuropsychiatric symptoms of community-dwelling patients and their caregivers compared with usual care.
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Mashup Score: 52Validation of a Single Item Measure for Financial Toxicity Screening in Patients With Breast Cancer | JCO Oncology Practice - 22 day(s) ago
PURPOSEFinancial toxicity (FT) has been linked to higher symptom burden and poorer clinical outcomes for patients with cancer. Despite the availability of validated tools to measure FT, a simple screen remains an unmet need. We evaluated item 12 (“My …
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Mashup Score: 32Randomized clinical trial of a digital integrative medicine intervention among patients undergoing active cancer treatment - 25 day(s) ago
npj Digital Medicine – Randomized clinical trial of a digital integrative medicine intervention among patients undergoing active cancer treatment
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Mashup Score: 20Timely Reporting of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Cancer Clinical Trials: An Ethical Imperative - 27 day(s) ago
Cancer treatment often involves significant toxicity and interruptions to daily life. As a result, patient-reported outcomes (PROs) such as health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are an essential component of cancer research as they provide critical insights into the effects of therapies for patients beyond disease response and survival outcomes. Many clinical trials measure symptoms only (eg, pain) more so than a full suite of HRQoL domains. By contrast, HRQoL encompasses physical, psychological, and
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Mashup Score: 67Financial Toxicity in Older Adults With Cancer and Their Caregivers | JCO Oncology Practice - 29 day(s) ago
With advances in cancer treatment, long-term survival rates have improved in recent decades, resulting in extended life expectancies for many patients. This progress brings substantial challenges, however, particularly in terms of the costs associated …#Financialtox in #gerionc: we discussed factors, interventions, knowledge gaps, and future research.
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Mashup Score: 19Primary Palliative Care for Emergency Medicine - 1 month(s) ago
This cluster randomized clinical trial compares the effect of a multicomponent intervention to initiate palliative care in the emergency department during a preintervention period vs a postintervention period on hospital admission, subsequent health care use, and survival in older adults with…
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Relationships between patient-reported and clinician-rated toxicities and daily functioning in older adults with advanced #cancer undergoing systemic therapy. https://t.co/jekO8DupOK @JournalCancer @CACancerJournal #GeriOnc #PallOnc #SuppOnc @myCARG https://t.co/Gv6OxG3Ak6