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SUBMITTER: Miura T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9760266 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Miura Tomofumi T Mitsunaga Shuichi S Matsuzaki Juntaro J Takizawa Satoko S Kato Ken K Ochiai Atsushi A Ochiya Takahiro T
Oncotarget 20221217
A major obstacle to the implementation of early palliative care (EPC) is the lack of objective criteria for referral to EPC. Circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) have been recognized as promising biomarkers. The present study investigated objective definitions for referral to EPC using microRNA. A total of 178 serum samples were obtained from patients with lung, gastrointestinal, colorectal, bile duct, pancreas and bladder cancers who were treatment-naïve and received chemotherapy between January 2011 ...[more]