Chemotherapy Use, Performance Status, and Quality of Life at the End of Life

G. Prigerson, Holly; Bao, Yuhua; A. Shah, Manish; Elizabeth Paulk, M.; W. LeBlanc, Thomas; J. Schneider, Bryan; M. Garrido, Melissa; Carrington Reid, M.; Berlin, David; B. Adelson, Kerin; I. Neugut, Alfred; K. Maciejewski, Paul

doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.2378

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Chemotherapy Use, Performance Status, and Quality of Life at the End of Life

Published in JAMA Oncology • Jul 23, 2015

Authors:

Holly G. Prigerson

Yuhua Bao

Manish A. Shah

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Although many patients with end-stage cancer are offered chemotherapy to improve quality of life (QOL), the association between chemotherapy and QOL amid progressive metastatic disease has not been well-studied. American Society for Clinical Oncology guidelines recommend palliative chemo...

Subject

Medicine

Performance status

Internal medicine

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