End-of-Life Care for Patients With Advanced Ovarian Cancer Is Aggressive Despite Hospice Intervention: A Population-Based Study
Conclusions
The aggressiveness of EOL cancer care and healthcare costs could not be offset in the final month of life among women with advanced ovarian cancer who received hospice care. The factors of more hospitalizations and dying in hospital warrant further investigation.
Source: International Journal of Gynecological Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Quality of Life Source Type: research
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