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A Home-Care Project for Cancer Patients in Germany: Background and Experiences

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Drug Delivery in Cancer Treatment III

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Abstract

Progress in modern oncological treatment has led to a growing number of cancer patients requiring long-term palliative and supportive care. Thus, the success of cancer therapy is no longer measured exclusively in terms of recurrence-free survival and overall survival time. Increasingly, the quality of life of these chronically ill cancer patients is also considered to be an important gauge for successful therapy [1,4,8]. Particularly for patients with incurable cancer, there is a growing demand for personal needs to be taken care of and for the remaining life span to be made pain-free. In accordance with this demand, the majority of cancer patients are keen to leave hospital as soon as possible and to return to their homes and families.

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  1. Section of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, 6900, Heidelberg, Germany

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  1. Department of Surgery, Örebro Medical Centre Hospital, 70185, Örebro, Sweden

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Frohmüller, S., Schlag, P. (1990). A Home-Care Project for Cancer Patients in Germany: Background and Experiences. In: Domellöf, L. (eds) Drug Delivery in Cancer Treatment III. ESO Monographs. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75938-3_5

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