Care of the adult cancer patient at the end of life: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines

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Gregory B. Crawford · University of Adelaide

Tomasz Dzierżanowski · Medical University of Warsaw

Katherine Hauser · Cabrini Hospital

Philip Larkin · University of Lausanne

Ana Luque-Blanco · Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona

Irene Murphy

Christina M. Puchalski · George Washington University

Abstract

• This ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline provides key recommendations for end-of-life care for patients with advanced cancer. • It details care that is focused on comfort, quality of life and approaching death of patients with advanced cancer. • All recommendations were compiled by a multidisciplinary group of experts. • Recommendations are based on available scientific data and the authors’ collective expert opinion.

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Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Palliative and Oncologic Care

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Published in: ESMO Open

Volume 6, Issue 4, pp. 100225-100225

DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2021.100225

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