title: Comparison of the Treatments of Patients With Cancer in Their Last 6 Months Between ICU and Cancer Center.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the treatments of patients with cancer in their last 6 months of life in intensive care unit (ICU) and Cancer Center.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective study was conducted on patients with cancer who died between January 2010 and July 2013 in the ICU and the Cancer Center (55 and 161 cases, respectively) of Tongji Hospital, Wuhan, China. The differences were compared by Chi-square test or Fisher test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The differences in the treatments of patients with cancer between 2 groups were statistically significant. The proportion of patients with cancer who accepted blood transfusion (except albumin) was significantly higher in the ICU than in the Cancer Center.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with cancer in the ICU were more likely to receive active treatments and less palliative and hospice care at the end of life than patients in the Cancer Center.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Center of Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.affiliation: Cancer Center of Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: Department of Bile-Pancreatic Surgery of Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Qiansheng
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Cancer Center of Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China syyu@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Shiying
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: cancer; excessive medical; hospice care; palliative care