Patient Empowerment Improved Perioperative Quality of Care in Cancer Patients Aged ≥ 65 Years - A Randomized Controlled Trial.

<h4>Purpose</h4>This randomized controlled, clinical prospective interventional trial was aimed at exploring the effect of patient empowerment on short- and long-term outcomes after major oncologic surgery in elderly cancer patients.<h4>Methods</h4>This trial was performed fr...

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Main Authors: Maren Schmidt, Rahel Eckardt, Kathrin Scholtz, Bruno Neuner, Vera von Dossow-Hanfstingl, Jalid Sehouli, Christian G Stief, Klaus-Dieter Wernecke, Claudia D Spies, PERATECS Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137824