Terminal Care for Skin Cancer Patients: Survey of Trend in Place of Death

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  • Matsui Yu
    Division of Dermatology, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Academic Assembly, University of Toyama
  • Sasaki Jin
    Division of Dermatology, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital Division of Dermatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medicine and Dental Science
  • Takatsuka Sumiko
    Division of Dermatology, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital
  • Takenouchi Tatsuya
    Division of Dermatology, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital

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  • 皮膚癌患者の終末期医療　―どこで最期を迎えるか―
  • ヒフ ガン カンジャ ノ シュウマツキ イリョウ : ドコ デ サイゴ オ ムカエル カ

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<p>We analyzed the clinical course of 158 patients who died of skin cancer in Niigata Cancer Center Hospital from 1997 to 2020. The average age at death was 71 years, and melanoma accounted for 51% of all cases. Only 55% of patients lived in Niigata city; the others lived in remote areas. The proportion of patients who died in our hospital, in other hospitals including hospices, or at home were 54%, 36%, and 8%, respectively. There is an increasing trend for patients to choose to die in their local areas are increasing. It is necessary to establish more advanced medical cooperation that allows patients make the choice of dying in their home towns.</p>

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