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palliative chemotherapy
Indications:
- incurable cancer
Contraindications:
- avoid end-of-life chemotherapy
- added expense
- diminished quality of life
- no survival benefit
General
chemotherapy
References
- Mueller PS
NEJM Journal Watch. March 13, 2014
Massachusetts Medical Society
http://www.jwatch.org
- Wright AA et al.
Associations between palliative chemotherapy and adult cancer
patients' end of life care and place of death: Prospective
cohort study.
BMJ 2014 Mar 4; 348:g1219
PMID: 24594868