Characteristics and impact of the most-cited palliative oncology studies from 1995 to 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Palliative care, as a relatively young field within medicine, has increasingly used original research to validate and standardize its practice. In particular, palliative care has been incorporated into oncology to better address end-of-life decisions and care. The goal of this study is to identify seminal studies in the field of palliative oncology while more broadly characterizing the trends across the literature.

Methods

The publication databases Scopus and Web of Science were queried using predefined search terms to identify palliative oncology studies published between 1995 and 2016. The 100 most-cited articles from the time periods 1995-2005 and 2006-2016 were selected and analysed for publication data and study content.

Results

Palliative oncology stu

SUBMITTER: Eule C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6303876 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature