Palliative medicine
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Palliative medicine · Oct 2017
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyRandomised clinical trial of early specialist palliative care plus standard care versus standard care alone in patients with advanced cancer: The Danish Palliative Care Trial.
Beneficial effects of early palliative care have been found in advanced cancer, but the evidence is not unequivocal. ⋯ We did not observe beneficial or harmful effects of early specialist palliative care, but important beneficial effects cannot be excluded.