February 7, 2011

Trajectory of Performance Status and Symptom Scores for Patients With Cancer During the Last Six Months of Life

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In this large outpatient cancer population, trajectories of mean ESAS scores followed two patterns: increasing versus generally flat. The latter was perhaps due to available treatment (eg, prescriptions) for those symptoms. Future research should prioritize addressing symptoms that worsen over time.

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Seow et al. (Mon,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d6ceb8e328128020aa85be https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2010.30.7173

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