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Observational studyJournal of palliative medicine2020

Palliative Chemotherapy or Radiation and Prognostic Understanding among Advanced Cancer Patients: The Role of Perceived Treatment Intent.

Login S George, Holly G Prigerson, Andrew S Epstein, Kristy L Richards, Megan J Shen, Heather M Derry, Valerie F Reyna, Manish A Shah, Paul K Maciejewski

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In one paragraph

Observational study in Journal of palliative medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Palliative Treatment and Traditional Medicine Among Patients with Cancer in Kumasi, Ghana: Needs for Patient Education.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2026
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  7. The Need for Specialized Oncology Training for Clinical Ethicists.HEC forum : an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues · 2024
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  11. Associations of prognostic-awareness-transition patterns with end-of-life care in cancer patients' last month.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
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  12. Anticancer Treatment Goals and Prognostic Misperceptions among Advanced Cancer Outpatients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Login S GeorgeDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Holly G PrigersonCenter for Research on End-of-Life Care, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
Andrew S EpsteinMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Kristy L RichardsCenter for Research on End-of-Life Care, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
Megan J ShenCenter for Research on End-of-Life Care, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
Heather M DerryCenter for Research on End-of-Life Care, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
Valerie F ReynaCenter for Behavioral Economics and Decision Research, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Manish A ShahMeyer Cancer Center of Weill Cornell Medical College, Medical Oncology/Solid Tumor Program, New York, New York.
Paul K MaciejewskiCenter for Research on End-of-Life Care, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Disparities in COVID Disease Severity and Outcomes in New York CityUL1TR002384 · NCATS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI JULIANNE L IMPERATO-MCGINLEY · 2017 to 2026
$86.2M
Pilot CoreP30AG022845 · NIA · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Manney Carrington Reid · 2003 to 2026
$15.2M
Psychosocial Palliative & Community Research in CancerT32CA009461 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI JENNIFER L HAY, Jamie S. Ostroff · 1985 to 2026
$10.1M
The Weill Cornell Medicine Research Training Program in Behavioral GeriatricsT32AG049666 · NIA · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI SARA J CZAJA, Manney Carrington Reid · 2016 to 2026
$3.2M
Culturally Competent Communication Intervention to Improve Latinos' Engagement in Advance Care PlanningK07CA207580 · NCI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI SHEN, MEGAN JOHNSON · 2017 to 2021
$915k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002384NCI NIH HHS K07 CA207580NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009461NIA NIH HHS P30 AG022845
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsPalliative CareCross-Sectional StudiesDeathHumansPrognosisgoals of carepalliative chemotherapypalliative radiationprognostic awarenessprognostic understandingtreatment intent

Identifiers

PMID31580753
PMCPMC6931912

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