title: A survey of patients who were referred to our palliative care division from other hospitals and appeared to have obvious indications for cancer chemotherapies.
abstract: Higashi Sapporo Hospital is a cancer-specific hospital with palliative care doctors and certified oncologists. During case conferences held twice a week, we routinely evaluate the referred patients. In our case conferences, we selected patients who were referred to our palliative care division from other hospitals, with possible indications for cancer chemotherapies. We reviewed a total of 1215 patients who were referred to our palliative care division. We identified 18 cases as having indications for cancer chemotherapies. Among them, we identified 4 cases as having indications for standard cancer chemotherapies. All 4 patients tolerated the therapies well, responded to chemotherapy, and survived for more than 1 year. Conferences in which oncologists and palliative care doctors can discuss cases frequently and intimately are thought to be important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Higashi Sapporo Hospital hirayama@hsh.or.jp.
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirayama
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Higashi Sapporo Hospital.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terui
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Higashi Sapporo Hospital.
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kusakabe
authors.affiliation: Division of Palliative Medicine, Higashi Sapporo Hospital.
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Higashi Sapporo Hospital Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sapporo Medical University.
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sapporo Medical University.
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.affiliation: Division of Palliative Medicine, Higashi Sapporo Hospital.
authors.forename: Kunihiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishitani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents
keywords: chemotherapy; conference; lung cancer; lymphoma; palliative care; survey