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Video decision support tool for advance care planning in dementia: randomized controlled trial. |
Volandes AE, Paasche-Orlow MK, Barry MJ, et al. |
Video Decision Support Tool for Advance Care Planning in Dementia Background: Realistic understanding of future health states, such as dementia, is often poor. Can use of a video decision suppor... |
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Duration of chemotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials. |
Soon YY, Stockler MR, Askie LM, Boyer MJ. |
Duration of Chemotherapy for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Background: Chemotherapy provides modest survival benefits for individuals with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSLC).... |
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Noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure near the end of life. |
Sinuff T, Cook DJ, Keenan SP, et al. |
Noninvasive Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Failure Near the End of Life Background: Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIV) can reduce mortality and relieve dyspnea in individu... |
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Randomized phase II trial of denosumab in patients with bone metastases from prostate cancer, breast cancer, or other neoplasm after intravenous bisphosphonates. |
Fizazi K, Lipton A, Mariette X, et al. |
Efficacy of Denosumab on Bone Turnover and Skeletal-Related Events in Patients with Cancer and Bone Metastases Background: Osteoclasts are dependent on receptor activation by NF-©§B ligand ... |
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Improving the methodological and ethical validity of best supportive care studies in oncology: lessons from a systematic review. |
Cherny NI, Abernethy AP, Strasser F, Sapir E, Currow D, Zafar SY. |
Improving the Methodological and Ethical Validity of Best Supportive Care Trials in Oncology Background: Best supportive care (BSC) is the standard of comparison when evaluating new anti-cancer treat... |
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