2018
DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.34_suppl.52
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Emergency department visits among patients with advanced solid tumors at a cancer center in Mexico City.

Abstract: 52 Background: Emergency department (ED) visits are a distressing event for patients with advanced cancer, and identifying planned, unplanned and avoidable ED visits is important for providing better cancer care. We studied the causes for ED visits, as well as potentially avoidable ED visits during palliative chemotherapy, among patients with advanced cancer treated at a public cancer center in Mexico City. Methods: Consecutive patients with newly diagnosed advanced solid tumors treated at Instituto Nacional … Show more

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