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Attitudes of medical oncologists toward palliative care for patients with advanced and incurable cancer†

Report on a survey by the European Society of Medical Oncology taskforce on palliative and supportive care

  1. Nathan I. Cherny M.B.B.S.1,‡,§,*,
  2. Raphael Catane M.D.2,§

Article first published online: 16 OCT 2003

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11815

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 98, Issue 11, pages 2502–2510, 1 December 2003

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Cherny, N. I. and Catane, R. (2003), Attitudes of medical oncologists toward palliative care for patients with advanced and incurable cancer. Cancer, 98: 2502–2510. doi: 10.1002/cncr.11815

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  1. 1

    Medical Oncology and Palliative Medicine Service, Department of Oncology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

  2. 2

    Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University Medical School, Tel Aviv, Israel

  1. ‡

    Fax: (011) 972 26666731

  2. §

    Both authors are members of the European Society of Medical Oncology Taskforce on Palliative and Supportive Care.

*Medical Oncology and Palliative Medicine Service, Department of Oncology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel,

  1. †

    The following members of the European Society of Medical Oncology Taskforce on Palliative and Supportive Care participated in this study: Maurizio Tonato (Policlinico Divisione Oncologia Medica, Perugia, Italy); K. Winand Lange (Johanniter–Krankenhaus Rheinhausen, Duisburg, Germany); Herbert Kappauf (Institut für Medizinische Onkologie, Nürnberg, Germany); Alexandru–Calin Grigorescu (Oncologic Institute of Bucharest, Bucarest, Romania); Sergei Tjulandin (Cancer Research Center, Moscow, Russia); Piotr Siedlecki (Marie Skledowska–Curie Institute Cancer Center, Warszawa, Poland); Marco Maltoni (Department of Medical Oncology, Pierantoni Hospital, Forlfi, Italy); Marianne Kloke (Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany); Kaija Holli (Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Tampere, Finland); Vladimir Bryuzgin (Cancer Research Center, Moscow, Russia); Dirk Schrijvers (Middelheim Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium); Özgür Özyilkan (Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey); Martin Chasen (Richard Eek Sandton Oncology Centre, Pretoria, South Africa); Maria Wagnerova (University Teaching Hospital, Kosice, Slovak Republic); Janos Szanto (Debrecen Medical University, Debrecen, Hungary); and Joao Oliveira (Istituto Portugues de Oncologia, Losboa Codex, Portugal).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 NOV 2003
  2. Article first published online: 16 OCT 2003
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 1 SEP 2003
  4. Manuscript Revised: 25 AUG 2003
  5. Manuscript Received: 19 MAY 2003

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