… Lisa Barbera and Carole Taylor were involved in the analysis of the data. Lisa Barbera and
… and Deborah Dudgeon drafted the manuscript and Lisa Barbera wrote the final version. All …

Background The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) is a validated instrument
whose use has been standardized in the Ontario cancer system to measure symptoms …

Purpose: The objective of this study was to synthesize what is known about the relationship
between delay in radiotherapy (RT) and the outcomes of RT. Methods: A systematic review …

There is increasing interest to integrate collection of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in
routine practice to enhance clinical care. Multiple studies show that systematic monitoring of …

BACKGROUND. For ambulatory cancer patients, Ontario has standardized symptom and
performance status assessment population‐wide, using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment …

BACKGROUND Little is known about opioid prescribing among individuals who have
survived cancer. Our aim is to examine a predominantly socio‐economically disadvantaged …

Purpose Ontario’s cancer system is unique because it has implemented two standardized
assessment tools population-wide to improve care: the Edmonton Symptom Assessment …

Purpose To describe trends in the aggressiveness of end-of-life (EOL) cancer care in a
universal health care system in Ontario, Canada, between 1993 and 2004, and to compare with …

This study measures the proportion of cancer patients in Ontario, Canada, with intensive care
unit (ICU) admissions, emergency room (ER) visits, or chemotherapy in the last two weeks …

Objective To determine the pooled effect of exposure to one of 11 specialist palliative care
teams providing services in patients’ homes. Design Pooled analysis of a retrospective cohort …