Would they do it again? Final treatment decisions in malignant brain tumour patients-a caregiver's perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Overall survival of malignant brain tumour patients has significantly been increased over the last years. However, therapy remains palliative, and side effects should be balanced. Once terminal phase is entered, both patients and caregivers may find it hard to accept, and further therapies are demanded. But little is known about this highly sensitive period. Therefore, we analysed the last therapy decisions from the family caregiver's perspective. Would they support their beloved ones in the same way or would they now recommend a different therapy decision?

Methods

Caregivers of deceased malignant brain tumour patients, treated at our neurooncological centre between 2011 and 2017, were included. We designed a questionnaire to analyse the impact of the last therapy de

SUBMITTER: Rapp M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8942917 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature