Erschienen in:
15.09.2017 | Letter to the editor
Shared decision-making in palliative care: desires and facts
verfasst von:
Gerard Vreugdenhil
Erschienen in:
Supportive Care in Cancer
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Ausgabe 1/2018
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Excerpt
A 45-year-old female piano teacher with stage III colorectal carcinoma (CRC) refuses oxaliplatin next to capecitabin as adjuvant treatment, as playing piano constitutes her “life and job.” A 79-year-old man, performance status WHO 1–2, with metastasized CRC with only short-lasting response and multiple grade II/III toxicities on first and second-line treatment, demands for third-line treatment as he wishes to prolong survival in order to continue care for his wife. …