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. 2024 Mar 1:384:e076625.
doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-076625.

Illness trajectories of incurable solid cancers

Eric C T Geijteman  1 , Evelien J M Kuip  2 , Jannie Oskam  3 , Diana Lees  4 , Eduardo Bruera  5
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Illness trajectories of incurable solid cancers

Eric C T Geijteman et al. BMJ. .
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Competing interests: The BMJ has judged that there are no disqualifying financial ties to commercial companies. The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Patients within the traditional disease trajectory gradually deteriorate and then enter a short period of evident decline ending in death. Compared with receiving no treatment, patients treated with chemotherapy or hormonal therapy may live months to years longer
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Major temporary improvement: patients who benefit from targeted therapy (drugs to target specific genes and proteins) may respond to such a degree that their condition improves for weeks or even years before their final deterioration
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Long term ongoing response. Patients may enter long term, durable remission and receive follow-up care over a longer period
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Rapid decline due to adverse event. Patients may die prematurely due to adverse events
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Provision of supportive and palliative care in current cancer care
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