Publications by authors named "Romy Ni Chleirigh"

In 2008, recommendations from the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death identified large variations in the quality and safety of delivery of systemic anti-cancer therapy. In 49% of cases it was felt there was room for improvement and in 27% of cases treatment actually caused or hastened death. Every hospital with an emergency department and/or specialist oncology beds should therefore have a fully functioning acute oncology service to align acute oncology with urgent care.

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