Hospital admission of cancer patients: avoidable practice or necessary care?

Hospital admission of cancer patients: avoidable practice or necessary care?

Cancer patients are frequently admitted to hospital due to acute conditions or refractory symptoms. This occurs through the emergency departments and requires medical oncologists to take an active role. The use of acute-care hospital increases in the last months of life.We aimed to describe the admi...

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Main Authors: Gianmauro Numico, Antonella Cristofano, Alessandro Mozzicafreddo, Olga Elisabetta Cursio, Pierfrancesco Franco, Giulia Courthod, Antonio Trogu, Alessandra Malossi, Mariella Cucchi, Zuzana Sirotovà, Maria Rosa Alvaro, Anna Stella, Fulvia Grasso, Silvia Spinazzé, Nicola Silvestris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4374858?pdf=render

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