News tagged ‘EndOfLife’ clear
- A study led by Dr. Jane Weeks suggests that many patients with advanced lung and colorectal cancer harbor the fundamental misperception that treatments that can extend life and alleviate pain might also cure them. Dr. Deborah Schrag, co-author of the study, said the researchers were also interested in examining whether where doctors worked might affect the way the message was communicated.
Tags: chemotherapy, BasicResearch, EndOfLife
- A study by researchers at Dana-Farber shows many patients with advanced cancers put false hope in chemotherapy. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found 69 percent of patients with lung cancer and 81 percent of those with colorectal cancer did not report understanding chemotherapy was not likely to cure their cancer.
Tags: chemotherapy, BasicResearch, EndOfLife
- Boston-based Conversation Project launched a national effort encouraging families to have discussions with family members who are near the end of life. A 2009 Dana-Farber study found that patients who had end-of-life discussions were more likely to die peacefully at home. (Full article requires a subscription)
Tags: EndOfLife
- Nine factors explain some of the variance in the quality of life of patients with advanced cancer in end-of-life care, according to a study led by Dr. Holly Prigerson and associates at Dana-Farber and published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Tags: EndOfLife
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