Aggressive interventions in terminally ill patients with solid tumors in China: a retrospective single center analysis.

Purpose: Overtreatment in terminally ill cancer patients is very common worldwide, but whether patients will benefit from aggressive care remains obscure. This study aimed to explore the value of aggressive interventions in the end of life in adult patients with advanced solid tumors.

Methods: All adult patients who died from advanced solid tumors between 2011 and 2012 in Xiangyang Central Hospital were included.