Open AccessPalliative Thoracic Radiotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Outpatients: Reasons for Unplanned Hospitalization and Its Impact on Survival
Author(s) -
Carsten Nieder,
Kristian S Imingen,
Ellinor Haukland
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical medicine research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-3011
pISSN - 1918-3003
DOI - 10.14740/jocmr4445
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , multivariate analysis , palliative care , retrospective cohort study , lung cancer , emergency medicine , surgery , nursing
The aims of the study were to examine the rates of and reasons for unplanned hospitalization after start of palliative radiotherapy or chemoradiation (CRT), and to study whether unplanned hospitalization deteriorates patients' prognosis. In addition, risk factors were identified.