Journal article
Does routine symptom screening with ESAS decrease ED visits in breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy?
Abstract
BackgroundIn 2007, the provincial cancer agency in Ontario, Canada initiated a wide-scale program to screen for symptoms in the cancer population using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of screening with ESAS on emergency department (ED) visit rates in women with breast cancer receiving adjuvant chemotherapy.Patients and methodsThis retrospective cohort study used linked …
Authors
Barbera L; Sutradhar R; Howell D; Sussman J; Seow H; Dudgeon D; Atzema C; Earle C; Husain A; Liu Y
Journal
Supportive Care in Cancer, Vol. 23, No. 10, pp. 3025–3032
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
10 2015
DOI
10.1007/s00520-015-2671-3
ISSN
0941-4355