Open AccessEarly palliative care and quality of life of advanced cancer patients—a multicenter randomized clinical trial
Author(s) -
Vittorio Franciosi,
Giuseppe Maglietta,
Claudia Degli Esposti,
Giuseppe Caruso,
Luigi Cavanna,
Raffaella Bertè,
Gianpaolo Bacchini,
Leonardo Bocchi,
Erico Piva,
Michela Monfredo,
V. Scafuri,
Pamela Di Cesare,
Barbara Melotti,
M. Sequino,
Anita Rimanti,
Cinzia Binovi,
Francesco Ghisoni,
Caterina Caminiti
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2224-5839
pISSN - 2224-5820
DOI - 10.21037/apm.2019.02.07
Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , psychosocial , palliative care , lung cancer , randomized controlled trial , clinical trial , pancreatic cancer , cancer , physical therapy , nursing , psychiatry
To compare quality of life (QoL) of patients receiving early palliative care (EPC) vs. standard oncologic care (SOC).