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. 2016 Dec;68(6):706-711.
doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.01.021. Epub 2016 Feb 26.

The Emergency Care of Patients With Cancer: Setting the Research Agenda

Jeremy Brown  1 , Corita Grudzen  2 , Demetrios N Kyriacou  3 , Ziad Obermeyer  4 , Tammie Quest  5 , Donna Rivera  6 , Susan Stone  7 , Jason Wright  8 , Nonniekaye Shelburne  6
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The Emergency Care of Patients With Cancer: Setting the Research Agenda

Jeremy Brown et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2016 Dec.

Abstract

To identify research priorities and appropriate resources and to establish the infrastructure required to address the emergency care of patients with cancer, the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute and the Office of Emergency Care Research sponsored a one-day workshop, "Cancer and Emergency Medicine: Setting the Research Agenda," in March 2015 in Bethesda, MD. Participants included leading researchers and clinicians in the fields of oncology, emergency medicine, and palliative care, and representatives from the National Institutes of Health. Attendees were charged with identifying research opportunities and priorities to advance the understanding of the emergency care of cancer patients. Recommendations were made in 4 areas: the collection of epidemiologic data, care of the patient with febrile neutropenia, acute events such as dyspnea, and palliative care in the emergency department setting.

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