Listar por tema "Palliative Care"
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Aretaeus of cappadocia (ca lst-3rd century AD): Views on hepatic cancer
(2016)Aretaeus lived in an era when cancer was known to be a fatal disease. He had understood both liver's capacity to regenerate, and its vital role for the body's homeostasis, and proposed the treatment to confront hepatic ... -
A case of balloon pulmonary angioplasty as a palliative therapy in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
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Evaluation of quality of life outcomes following palliative radiotherapy in bone metastases: A literature review
(2019)Purpose: To assess the quality of life (QoL) following palliative radiotherapy (RT) in patients with painful bone metastases. Methods: A literature search limited to English-written publications was carried out, through ... -
Palliative surgical bypass is superior to palliative endoscopic stenting in patients with malignant gastric outlet obstruction: systematic review and meta-analysis
(2019)Background: Gastrojejunostomy (GJ) and self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) are the two most common palliative treatment options for patients with malignant gastric outlet obstruction (GOO). Randomised trials and retrospective ...