Publications by authors named "Alex Chanteclair"
Article Synopsis
- Many new cancer cases happen in older people, who often suffer from various problems that can make their treatment harder.
- The study looked at how different types of suffering, like physical pain and emotional stress, affect cancer treatment and how long older patients might live.
- Results showed that physical suffering impacts how well cancer can be treated and how long patients survive, and that emotional and family issues also play a role in their health and care needs.
Hospital-based palliative care referrals: determinants in older adults with cancer.
BMJ Support Palliat Care
December 2024
Objectives: Early palliative care improves the quality of life of older patients with cancer. This work aimed to analyse the effect of sociodemographic, geriatric, and tumour-related determinants on hospital-based palliative care (HPC) referral in older patients with cancer, taking into account competing risk of death.
Methods: Older adults with diagnosed cancer from 2014 to 2018 according to the general cancer registry of Gironde (French department) were identified in three population-based cohorts on ageing (PAQUID, 3C - Three City, AMI).
Objectives: Terminally ill patients may require sedation to relieve refractory suffering. The prevalence and modalities of this practice in palliative care services remain unclear. This study estimated the prevalence of all sedation leading to a deep unconsciousness, whether transitory, with an undetermined duration, or maintained until death, for terminally ill patients referred to a home-based or hospital-based palliative care service.
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