Aggressive end-of-life care in patients with gastrointestinal cancers – a nationwide study from Denmark
Stine Gerhardt, Kirstine Skov Benthien, Suzanne Herling, Marie Villumsen, Peter-Martin Krarup · 2024
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Stine Gerhardt and co-authors use Danish national registers in 2024 to study aggressive care at the end of life for people with gastrointestinal cancers. Knowing what drives such care helps plan better palliative support. Their group covers everyone in Denmark who died from these cancers over a decade long span covered by the registers.
Many patients were in hospital in their last month, and a large share died in hospital, while smaller shares had surgery, scans, or anti cancer treatment near the end. Pancreatic cancer was linked to most forms of aggressive care. People in specialized palliative care had lower odds of aggressive care and of dying in hospital. Other illness burden and being divorced also raised the odds of hospital care at the end of life.
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| CREATOR | Stine Gerhardt, Kirstine Skov Benthien, Suzanne Herling, Marie Villumsen, Peter-Martin Krarup |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |