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Effects of early palliative care on patients with incurable cancer: A meta‐analysis and systematic review

Effects of early palliative care on patients with incurable cancer: A meta‐analysis and... INTRODUCTIONFor patients with advanced cancer, improving quality of life is paramount due to the incurable nature of cancer (Peppercorn et al., 2011). In the last decades, the scope of cancer‐oriented treatments has rapidly expanded to include neoadjuvant therapy and cancer gene therapy as typical examples (Hu et al., 2010; Ludmir et al., 2017). However, these treatments extend patients' lives in months rather than years, and the effect does not always bring improvement of quality of life because of the toxicity of the treatments (Peppercorn et al., 2011). Therefore, when cancer‐treated therapy could not prolong survival, palliation care (PC), rather than disease control, becomes the primary consideration (Mack et al., 2010). Palliative care is a combination of physical and spiritual care that may lead to higher levels of social support, higher self‐efficacy, better symptom control, better psychosocial functioning and ultimately improved survival (Haun et al., 2017).Palliative care is a structured treatment provided by an organised team of professionals to patients with life‐threatening illnesses (Levy et al., 2009). It is a combination of physical care and psychological care, integrating management of pain and symptoms with psychosocial support (Ferris et al., 2009). It can be performed at any stage of diseases or at the request of the patient (Scarpi et http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Journal of Cancer Care Wiley

Effects of early palliative care on patients with incurable cancer: A meta‐analysis and systematic review

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Wiley
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© 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISSN
0961-5423
eISSN
1365-2354
DOI
10.1111/ecc.13620
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Abstract

INTRODUCTIONFor patients with advanced cancer, improving quality of life is paramount due to the incurable nature of cancer (Peppercorn et al., 2011). In the last decades, the scope of cancer‐oriented treatments has rapidly expanded to include neoadjuvant therapy and cancer gene therapy as typical examples (Hu et al., 2010; Ludmir et al., 2017). However, these treatments extend patients' lives in months rather than years, and the effect does not always bring improvement of quality of life because of the toxicity of the treatments (Peppercorn et al., 2011). Therefore, when cancer‐treated therapy could not prolong survival, palliation care (PC), rather than disease control, becomes the primary consideration (Mack et al., 2010). Palliative care is a combination of physical and spiritual care that may lead to higher levels of social support, higher self‐efficacy, better symptom control, better psychosocial functioning and ultimately improved survival (Haun et al., 2017).Palliative care is a structured treatment provided by an organised team of professionals to patients with life‐threatening illnesses (Levy et al., 2009). It is a combination of physical care and psychological care, integrating management of pain and symptoms with psychosocial support (Ferris et al., 2009). It can be performed at any stage of diseases or at the request of the patient (Scarpi et

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European Journal of Cancer CareWiley

Published: Nov 1, 2022

Keywords: early palliative care; incurable cancer; quality of life; survival

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