A randomised, multicentre clinical trial of specialised palliative care plus standard treatment versus standard treatment alone for cancer patients with palliative care needs: the Danish palliative care trial (DanPaCT) protocol
Open Access
- 24 October 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Palliative Care
- Vol. 12 (1), 37
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-684x-12-37
Abstract
Advanced cancer patients experience considerable symptoms, problems, and needs. Early referral of these patients to specialised palliative care (SPC) could improve their symptoms and problems.This publication has 29 references indexed in Scilit:
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