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Background
Informed treatment decision‐making necessitates accurate prognostication, including predictions about quality of life.
Aims
We examined whether oncologists, patients with advanced cancer, and caregivers accurately predict patients’ future quality of life and whether these predictions are prospectively associated with end‐of‐life care and bereavement.
Materials & Methods
We conducted...
Background
Disagreements between patients and caregivers about treatment benefits, care decisions, and patients' health are associated with increased patient depression as well as increased caregiver anxiety, distress, depression, and burden. Understanding the factors associated with disagreement may inform interventions to improve the aforementioned outcomes.
Methods
For this analysis, baseline...
OBJECTIVES
To evaluate the relationships between aging‐related domains captured by geriatric assessment (GA) for older patients with advanced cancer and caregivers’ emotional health and quality of life (QOL).
DESIGN
In this cross sectional study of baseline data from a nationwide investigation of older patients and their caregivers, patients completed a GA that included validated tests to evaluate...
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