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ArticleJournal of palliative care2026

The Impact of Early Palliative Care Decisions on Hospital Service Utilization and End-of-Life Care in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer-A Retrospective Study.

Sofia Koivusalo, Pauliina Kitti, Nelli-Sofia Nåhls, Timo Carpen, Riikka-Leena Leskelä, Tiina Saarto, Outi Akrén

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Article in Journal of palliative care, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Sofia KoivusaloPalliative Center, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-2364-1698
Pauliina KittiDepartment of Radiotherapy, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Nelli-Sofia NåhlsDepartment of Oncology, Vaasa Central Hospital, The Wellbeing Services County of Ostrobothnia, Vaasa, Finland.
Timo CarpenPalliative Care Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Helsinki University Hospital, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Riikka-Leena LeskeläNordic Healthcare Group, Helsinki, Finland.
Tiina SaartoPalliative Care Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Helsinki University Hospital, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Outi AkrénPalliative Center, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku Finland.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ObjectivesEarly palliative care (PC) is recommended in pancreatic cancer but remains underutilized

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Decision MakingPalliative CarePancreatic NeoplasmsPatient Acceptance of Health CareTerminal CareAgedAged, 80 and overCohort StudiesFemaleFinlandHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective Studiesend-of-life carehealth care utilizationpalliative carepancreatic cancer

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PMID41906438
PMCPMC13234304

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