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Study examines rehabilitative palliative care in cancer
Nottelmann L et al. 2018 Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium Abstract 75
Key clinical point: An intervention combining palliative care and rehabilitation aspects improved quality of life in patients with newly diagnosed, advanced cancers.
Major finding: Patients in the rehabilitative palliative care program had a significant improvement, compared with no intervention (absolute between-group difference in EORTC QLQ-30 scores, 3.0; 95% CI, 0.0-6.0; P less than .047).
Study details: A single-center randomized study of 301 patients with a newly diagnosed advanced solid tumor cancers.
Disclosures: Research funding came from the Danish Cancer Society. One study coauthor had disclosures related to Roche, Amgen, Bayer, and Merck Sharp & Dohme.
Nottelmann L et al. 2018 Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium Abstract 75.