Blar i St. Olavs hospital på emneord "VDP::Oncology: 762"
Viser treff 1-6 av 6
-
Hospital care for the dying patient with cancer: does an advance care planning invitation influence bereaved relatives' experiences? A two country survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objectives Advance care planning (ACP) is not systematically performed in Argentina or Norway. We used the post-bereavement survey of the ERANet-LAC International Care Of the Dying Evaluation (CODE) project (2017–2020) to ... -
Persistence of disseminated tumor cells after neoadjuvant treatment for locally advanced breast cancer predicts poor survival
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Introduction Presence of disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) in bone marrow (BM) and circulating tumor cells (CTC) in peripheral blood (PB) predicts reduced survival in early breast cancer. The aim of this study was to determine ... -
Physical function endpoints in cancer cachexia clinical trials: Systematic Review 1 of the cachexia endpoints series
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In cancer cachexia trials, measures of physical function are commonly used as endpoints. For drug trials to obtain regulatory approval, efficacy in physical function endpoints may be needed alongside other measures. However, ... -
Prognostic value of metabolic response in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background Today's clinical diagnostic tools are insufficient for giving accurate prognosis to breast cancer patients. The aim of our study was to examine the tumor metabolic changes in patients with locally advanced breast ... -
Sperm counts and endocrinological markers of spermatogenesis in long-term survivors of testicular cancer
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)Background: The objective of this study was to assess markers of spermatogenesis in long-term survivors of testicular cancer (TC) according to treatment, and to explore correlations between the markers and associations ... -
Supporting carers: health care professionals in need of system improvements and education - a qualitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background: Health care professionals should prevent and relieve suffering in carers of patients with advanced cancer. Despite known positive effects of systematic carer support, carers still do not receive sufficient ...