Losing "Losing the Battle With Cancer"

JAMA Oncol. 2015 Apr;1(1):13-4. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2014.188.

Authors

Lee M Ellis¹, Charles D Blanke², Nancy Roach³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgical Oncology and Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston2Deputy Editor, JAMA Oncology.
² Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon4SWOG Group Chair's Office, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland.
³ Fight Colorectal Cancer, Alexandria, Virginia.

PMID: 26182295
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2014.188

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitude to Death
Cost of Illness
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Language*
Medical Futility
Neoplasms / diagnosis
Neoplasms / mortality
Neoplasms / psychology
Neoplasms / therapy*
Terminal Care
Treatment Outcome
Treatment Refusal
Unnecessary Procedures