Pancreatic Cancer

Scientists at University of Texas Discuss Research in Pancreatic Cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, November 22nd, 2011

2011 NOV 22 -- "The authors' goal was to characterize hospice enrollment and aggressiveness of care for pancreatic cancer patients at the end of life. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results and linked Medicare claims data (1992-2006) were used to identify patients with pancreatic cancer who had died (n = 22,818)," scientists writing in the journal Cancer report.

"The authors evaluated hospice use, hospice enrollment >= 4 weeks before death, and aggressiveness of care as measured by receipt of chemotherapy, acute care hospitalization, and intensive care unit (ICU) admission in the last month of life. Overall, 56.9% of patients enrolled in...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2011-11-22)

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