Cancer is a disease of single cells that expresses itself at the population level. The striking
similarities between initiation and growth of tumors and dynamics of biological populations …

Results Of 12,132 articles screened and 214 reviewed in full text, 36 studies were included
describing 32 prognostic indices. Predictive windows ranged from 3 months to 10 years …

Background Prognostic information is key to shared decision-making, particularly in life-
limiting illness like advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). Objective To understand the …

Background Managing the last phase of life properly, ie, taking care that a patient's wishes
are respected at the end of life and beyond, is very important and can relieve the patient and …

Aims Although survival of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) improved
significantly over time, life expectancy is still not normal. We aimed to investigate how adult …

Results: of the 650 participants, 55.4% was men while 58.6% of the sample was aged over
60 years. Regarding information level, results showed that only 9.8% was “little” or “not all” …

Background The appropriate time to discontinue chemotherapy at the end of life has been
widely discussed. In contrast, few studies have investigated the patterns of endocrine …

Background There is a gap in knowledge about the kind and quality of care experienced by
hospital patients at the end of their lives. Aims To document and compare the patterns in end …

Healthcare has an impact on everyone, and healthcare funding decisions shape how and
what healthcare is provided. In this book, Stephen Duckett outlines a Christian, biblically …

To better understand the risk factors and optimal therapeutic strategies of cerebral white
matter hyperintensity (WMH), we examined a large population of adults with and without …