• A prospective study examining cachexia predictors in patients with incurable cancer 

      Vagnildhaug, Ola Magne; Brunelli, Cinzia; Hjermstad, Marianne Jensen; Strasser, Florian; Baracos, Vickie; Wilcock, Andrew; Nabal, María; Kaasa, Stein; Laird, Barry J; Solheim, Tora Skeidsvoll (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Background Early intervention against cachexia necessitates a predictive model. The aims of this study were to identify predictors of cachexia development and to create and evaluate accuracy of a predictive model based ...
    • An international consensus definition of the wish to hasten death and its related factors 

      Materstvedt, Lars Johan; Balaguer, Albert; Porta-Sales, Josep; Villavicencio-Chávez, Christian; Monforte-Royo, Cristina; Bellido-Pérez, Mercedes; Trelis, Jordi; Alonso-Babarro, Alberto; Altisent, Rogelio; Aradilla-Herrero, Amor; Tomás-Sábado, Joaquín; Breitbart, William; Centeno, Carlos; Cuervo, Miguel Angel; Deliens, Luc; Frerich, Gerrit; Voltz, Raymond; Gastmans, Chris; Lichtenfeld, Stephanie; Maier, Markus A; Limonero, Joaquín T; Nabal, María; Rodin, Gary; Rosenfeld, Barry; Schroepfer, Tracy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Background The desire for hastened death or wish to hasten death (WTHD) that is experienced by some patients with advanced illness is a complex phenomenon for which no widely accepted definition exists. This lack of a ...