Trial reportPalliative medicine2023
Perceptions of prognosis and end-of-life care outcomes in patients with advanced lung and gastrointestinal cancer.
Trial report in Palliative medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Determining patient-oncologist cancer treatment intent concordance using systematic screening in a supportive care center.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Trends in Patient Misperception and Decisional Regret During Treatment for Advanced Cancer: An Exploratory, Single-Center Study of English-Speaking Adults.Journal of patient experience · 2026Article
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- Erratum issuedCorrigendum.2026
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Abstract
backgroundMany patients with advanced cancer have misperceptions of their prognosis, which may impact end-of-life decision-making. Data regarding associations between prognostic perceptions over time and end-of-life care outcomes are lacking.
aimTo describe patients' perceptions of their prognosis with advanced cancer and examine associations between these perceptions and end-of-life care outcomes.
designSecondary analysis of longitudinal data from a randomized controlled trial of a palliative care intervention for patients with newly diagnosed incurable cancer. SETTING/
participantsConducted at an outpatient cancer center in the northeastern United States and patients were within 8 weeks of a diagnosis with incurable lung or non-colorectal gastrointestinal cancer.
resultsWe enrolled 350 patients in the parent trial, of which 80.5% (281/350) died during the study period. Overall, 59.4% (164/276) of patients reported they were terminally ill, and 66.1% (154/233) reported that their cancer was likely curable at the assessment closest to death. Patient acknowledgment of terminal illness was only associated with lower risk of hospitalizations in the last 30 days of life (OR = 0.52,
conclusionsPatients' perceptions of their prognosis are associated with important end-of-life care outcomes. Interventions are needed to enhance patients' perceptions of their prognosis and optimize their end-of-life care.
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