The clinical significance of early palliative care in previously untreated patients with advanced metastatic breast cancer
SHAN Feng-xiao
REN Tie-jun
Abstract：Objective To observe the clinical significance of early palliative care in previously untreated pa -tients with advanced metastatic breast cancer .Methods Fifty-three patients with metastatic breast cancer confirmed by pathology and imaging were collected from July 2011 to December 2014 , and were randomly divided into two groups.The treatment group ( n=27 ) received early palliative care and standard chemotherapy , while the control group(n=26) was treated with chemotherapy alone .The levels of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) were compared between the two groups before and after the treatment , and the overall survival was also observed .Results HADS( D) and PHQ-9 scores in the treatment group were signif-icantly lower than those in the control group ( P <0.05 ) .The median overall time of the treatment group ( 29.0 months) was significantly longer than that of the control group (23.5 months)(P<0.05).Conclusion Early pallia-tive care improves the quality of life in patients with metastatic breast cancer , and prolongs their overall survival .
Keywords：Metastatic breast cancerInitial treatmentEarly palliative care
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 409-412 )