Reflecting on Inpatient Palliative Chemotherapy—Is There Ever a “Right Place” at the “Right Time”?
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Division of Medical Oncology and Atlantic Clinical Cancer Research Unit, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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Division of Palliative Medicine, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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Curr. Oncol. 2014, 21(4), 158-160; https://doi.org/10.3747/co.21.2126
Submission received: 3 May 2014
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Revised: 6 June 2014
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Accepted: 8 July 2014
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Published: 1 August 2014
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Early in clinical training, medical oncologists are taught that the goals of any palliative oncologic therapy include symptom control, quality-of-life improvement through disease stabilization, and prolongation of progression-free survival.[...]
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Rayson, D.; Kain, D.A. Reflecting on Inpatient Palliative Chemotherapy—Is There Ever a “Right Place” at the “Right Time”? Curr. Oncol. 2014, 21, 158-160. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.21.2126
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Rayson D, Kain DA. Reflecting on Inpatient Palliative Chemotherapy—Is There Ever a “Right Place” at the “Right Time”? Current Oncology. 2014; 21(4):158-160. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.21.2126
Chicago/Turabian StyleRayson, D., and D.A. Kain. 2014. "Reflecting on Inpatient Palliative Chemotherapy—Is There Ever a “Right Place” at the “Right Time”?" Current Oncology 21, no. 4: 158-160. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.21.2126
