Caring for terminal patients in haematology: the urgent need of a new research agenda
Caring for terminal patients in haematology: the urgent need of a new research agenda
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血液学晚期患者的护理：迫切需要新的研究议程
作者：
P. Niscola;A. Tendas;M. Giovannini;L. Scaramucci;A. Perrotti;P. Fabritiis;D. Howell
尽管近年来重大的治疗进展已经导致许多血液恶性肿瘤的生存率提高，但一些疾病亚型的生存率仍然很差，并且相当大比例的患者最终注定死于其疾病和/或相关并发症。尽管如此，有证据表明，患者并不总是像其他癌症患者那样经常被转诊到姑息/家庭护理服务，尽管这种情况在某些地区可能正在改善。然而，还需要更多的研究来探索其中的原因，并确定患者是否因此有影响他们此时生活质量的未满足的需求。
Although major therapeutic advances have led to improved survival for many hematologic malignancies in recent years, survival remains poor for some disease subtypes and a substantial proportion of patients are ultimately destined to die from their disease and/or related complications. Despite this, there is evidence that patients are not always referred to palliative/home care services as often as those with other cancers, although this situation may be improving in some areas. More research is needed, however, to explore reasons for this and identify whether patients may consequently have unmet needs that impact on their quality of life at this time.