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Breast Cancer
Research reports from Harvard University, Medical Department provide new insights into breast cancer
March 20th, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "Variations in hospice use are not well understood. Assess whether care before death, including the types of physicians seen, number of outpatient visits, and hospitalizations, was associated with hospice use and the timing of enrollment." "Observational study of a population-based sample of advanced breast cancer patients included in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare database. There were 4,455 women aged >= 65 diagnosed with stage III/IV breast cancer during 1992-1999 who died before the end of 2001. Hospice use and, among enrollees, enrollment within 2 weeks of death. Independent variables of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-03-20)
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