Selecting Patients for Palliative Procedures in Oncology
| Autor: | Thomas J. Miner, Cassandra Parker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Oncology
Male medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Patient Selection Palliative Care Psychological intervention Malignancy medicine.disease Palliative surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Internal medicine Intervention (counseling) Neoplasms medicine Quality of Life Humans 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Surgery Female Morbidity business |
| Zdroj: | Surgical oncology clinics of North America. 30(3) |
| ISSN: | 1558-5042 |
| Popis: | Surgical palliation in oncology can be defined as "procedures employed with non-curative intent with the primary goal of improving symptoms caused by an advanced malignancy," and is an important aspect of the end-of-life care of patients with incurable malignancies. Palliative interventions may provide great benefit, but they also carry high risk for morbidity and mortality, which may be minimized with careful patient selection. This can be done by consideration of the patient and his or her indication for the given intervention via open communication, as well as prediction of benefits and risks to define the therapeutic index of the operation or procedure. |
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