Chemotherapy Use at the End of Life in Uganda

Chemotherapy Use at the End of Life in Uganda

Purpose: Avoiding chemotherapy during the last 30 days of life has become a goal of cancer care in the United States and Europe, yet end-of-life chemotherapy administration remains a common practice worldwide. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of and factors predicting end-of-...

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Main Authors:	Daniel Low, Emily C. Merkel, Manoj Menon, Gary H. Lyman, Henry Ddungu, Elizabeth Namukwaya, Mhoira Leng, Corey Casper
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society of Clinical Oncology 2017-12-01
Series:	Journal of Global Oncology
Online Access:	http://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JGO.2016.007385

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