Acceptability and Feasibility of Early Palliative Care Among Women with Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study
Women with advanced ovarian cancer are usually aware of the probable outcome. Beginning Palliative care is often delayed. Sometimes by patients but also due to hesitation by medical care providers.
This small study of 32 women all of whom had advanced ovarian cancer, with recurrence after initial treatment, looked at the acceptance of early palliative care. Of the group, 23 women joined the study with half being allocated to palliative care and the others having standard oncology treatment.
Prior to commencement all the women had poor wellbeing, many being clinically depressed. Most (87%) knew their disease to be incurable. Acceptance of the offer for early palliative care, which precludes active treatment, was high. Unfortunately because of the high death rate for these women in both groups, no meaningful information about any change in quality of life could be obtained from this small study.
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