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Background
Limited data exist regarding the characteristics and survival outcomes of older adults with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who receive immune checkpoint inhibitors in routine oncology practice.
Methods
Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results–Medicare linked database, we identified 1256 patients aged ≥65 years who were diagnosed with pathologically confirmed stage I...
BACKGROUND
To the authors’ knowledge, little is known regarding the relationship between patients’ and families’ satisfaction with aggressive end‐of‐life care. Herein, the authors examined the associations between episodes of aggressive care (ie, chemotherapy, mechanical ventilation, acute hospitalizations, and intensive care unit admissions) within the last 30 days of life and families’ evaluations...
BACKGROUNDUnlike Medicare, the Veterans Health Administration (VA) health care system does not require veterans with cancer to make the “terrible choice” between receipt of hospice services or disease‐modifying chemotherapy/radiation therapy. For this report, the authors characterized the VA's provision of concurrent care, defined as days in the last 6 months of life during which veterans simultaneously...
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