Italy
National Cancer Research Institute, Genoa
The collaborative Italian group is a partnership involving palliative, psychology and epidemiological services from the National Cancer Research Institute of Genoa, the National Cancer Institute of Milan, and the Center for the Study and Prevention of Cancer of Florence. The partnerships includes two Italian centres of excellence: the Palliative Care Unit of Biella and the Hospice Maria Teresa Chiantore Serągnoli of Bologna.
Examples of Previous Relevant Collective Experience
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The staging project (1994-1996): a multicentre study - classification and staging of terminal cancer patients involving 56 Italian Palliative Care Units.
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The EoLO (end of life in hospital) study (1999-2001): - quality of dying in Italian hospitals;
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The Italian Survey of the dying of cancer (ISDOC) (2001-2003): follow-back survey assessing quality of care received by Italian cancer patients during their last 3 months of life.
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A national project estimating costs & quality of care received by Italian cancer patients during their last 3 months of life (2003-2005).
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Validation of the prognostic palliative care score within an Italian multicentre palliative care study on advanced cancer.
