A Survey of Patients Who Were Referred to Our Palliative Care Division From Other Hospitals and Appeared to Have Obvious Indications for Cancer Chemotherapies

Higashi Sapporo Hospital is a cancer-specific hospital with palliative care doctors and certified oncologists. During case conferences held twice a week, we routinely evaluate the referred patients. In our case conferences, we selected patients who were referred to our palliative care division from...

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Published in:American journal of hospice & palliative medicine 2014-12, Vol.31 (8), p.804-807
Main Authors: Hirayama, Yasuo, Terui, Takeshi, Kusakabe, Toshiro, Koike, Kazuhiko, Ono, Kaoru, Kato, Junji, Ishitani, Kunihiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects
Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - drug therapy
Neoplasms - mortality
Nursing
Palliative Care - statistics & numerical data
Referral and Consultation - statistics & numerical data
Survival Analysis
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Summary:Higashi Sapporo Hospital is a cancer-specific hospital with palliative care doctors and certified oncologists. During case conferences held twice a week, we routinely evaluate the referred patients. In our case conferences, we selected patients who were referred to our palliative care division from other hospitals, with possible indications for cancer chemotherapies. We reviewed a total of 1215 patients who were referred to our palliative care division. We identified 18 cases as having indications for cancer chemotherapies. Among them, we identified 4 cases as having indications for standard cancer chemotherapies. All 4 patients tolerated the therapies well, responded to chemotherapy, and survived for more than 1 year. Conferences in which oncologists and palliative care doctors can discuss cases frequently and intimately are thought to be important.
ISSN:1049-9091
1938-2715
DOI:10.1177/1049909113505137