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The Diagnosis and Treatment of Ampullary Carcinoma
CONCLUSION: The current state of the evidence on the treatment of ampullary carcinoma is poor. Therapeutic decisions should be discussed in an interdisciplinary tumor board and should, in our opinion, take the histological subtype into account.PMID:37656482 | DOI:10.3238/arztebl.m2023.0195
Source: Deutsches Arzteblatt International - September 1, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Dirk Walter Andreas A Schnitzbauer Falko Schulze J örg Trojan Source Type: research

Providing palliative and end-of-life care in long-term care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study of clinicians' lived experiences
This study explored the experiences of long-term care clinicians with respect to providing palliative and end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic.METHODS: We used a qualitative research approach. Long-term care physicians and nurse practitioners (NPs) in Ontario, Canada, participated in semistructured interviews between August and September of 2021. Interviews were undertaken virtually, and results were analyzed using thematic analysis.RESULTS: Twelve clinicians (7 physicians and 5 NPs) were interviewed. We identified 5 themes, each with several subthemes: providing a palliative approach to care, increased work deman...
Source: cmaj - August 22, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Sandy Shamon Ashlinder Gill Lynn Meadows Julia Kruizinga Sharon Kaasalainen Jos é Pereira Source Type: research

A long-term retrospective observational study at a medium-sized medical oncology service in Switzerland: comparison of overall survival with a national cohort and adherence to treatment guidelines
CONCLUSIONS: The statistically comparable local 1- and 5-year overall survival of the analysed malignancies, with adjustment for stage for the 5-year overall survival for breast cancer, is in line with the national benchmark. Adherence to treatment guidelines is high.PMID:37459836 | DOI:10.57187/smw.2023.40091
Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - July 17, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Mirjam Gross-Erne Lukas Zimmerli Stefano Bassetti Qiyu Li Anita Feller Walter Mingrone Source Type: research