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Katherine C. Lee, MD, on Emergency Surgery and End-of-Life Care

2018 Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium

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Katherine C. Lee, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses her study findings that showed older patients with metastatic cancer who survived emergency general surgery experienced higher intensity end-of-life care than similar patients who did not undergo surgery (Abstract 56).



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