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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Purpose: Although corticosteroids are frequently used in patients with advanced cancer, few studies have examined the impact of these drugs on patient-reported sleep. We aimed to examine the short-term impact of ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Introduction
Different definitions of breakthrough pain (BTP) influence the observed BTP prevalence. This study examined BTP prevalence variability due to use of different cutoffs for controlled background pain, different ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2018)
Background
The survival benefit of dose-escalation with High-Dose-Rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) boost combined with External Beam Radiotherapy (EBRT) for the treatment of high-risk prostate cancer (PCa) remains debatable. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Background: New clinical trials in cancer cachexia are essential and outcome measures with high responsiveness to detect meaningful changes are crucial. This secondary analysis from a multimodal intervention trial estimates ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Introduction: Poorer end-of-life (EOL) care for elderly cancer patients has been reported. We assessed the impact of age on 13 indicators for the quality of EOL care as well as adherence to 6 national quality indicators ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Context
Patients with advanced cancer commonly suffer from both distressing symptoms and cognitive impairment, but the effect of cognitive impairment on the reliability and validity of symptom self-report is ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Abstract Background Listening to “patient voices” in terms of symptoms, emotional status and experiences with care, is crucial for patient empowerment in clinical practice. Despite convincing evidence that routine patient ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Background Radiotherapy (RT) reduces pain in about 60% of patients with painful bone metastases, leaving many patients without clinical benefit. This study assesses predictors for RT effectiveness in patients with painful ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Purpose Caring affects carers’ psychological and physical health, mortality, and quality of life (QoL) negatively. Lower spiritual QoL is associated with anxiety and depression, but the spiritual dimension is rarely ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Introduction To improve quality across levels of care, we developed a standardized care pathway (SCP) integrating palliative and oncology services for hospitalized and home-dwelling palliative cancer patients in a rural ...