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ArticleCancers2021

Improving Care for Patients Living with Prolonged Incurable Cancer.

Mariken E Stegmann, Olaf P Geerse, Lia van Zuylen, Larissa Nekhlyudov, Daan Brandenbarg

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mariken E StegmannUniversity Medical Center Groningen, Department of General Practice & Elderly Care Medicine, University of Groningen, 9700CC Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8491-1407
Olaf P GeerseAcademic Medical Center, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8864-4887
Lia van ZuylenAmsterdam University Medical Center, Department of Medical Oncology, 1105AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Larissa NekhlyudovBrigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Daan BrandenbargUniversity Medical Center Groningen, Department of General Practice & Elderly Care Medicine, University of Groningen, 9700CC Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8054-7337

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The number of patients that can no longer be cured but may expect to live with their cancer diagnosis for a substantial period is increasing. These patients with 'prolonged incurable cancer' are often overlooked in research and clinical practice. Patients encounter problems that are traditionally seen from a palliative or survivorship perspective but this may be insufficient to cover the wide range of physical and psychosocial problems that patients with prolonged incurable cancer may encounter. Elements from both fields should, therefore, be delivered concordantly to further optimize care pathways for these patients. Furthermore, to ensure future high-quality care for this important patient population, enhanced clinical awareness, as well as further research, are urgently needed.

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care coordinationpalliative careprimary caresurvivorship

Identifiers

PMID34070954
PMCPMC8196984

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