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Palliative care
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Effect of early palliative care for patients with glioblastoma (EPCOG): a randomised phase III clinical trial protocol

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  • Heidrun Golla Department of Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Charlotte Nettekoven Department of Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Department of General Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Center for Neurosurgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Claudia Bausewein Department of Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jörg-Christian Tonn Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Niklas Thon Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Berend Feddersen Department of Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Oliver Schnell Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Christopher Böhlke Department of Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Gerhild Becker Department of Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Roman Rolke Department of Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Hans Clusmann Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ulrich Herrlinger Division of Clinical Neurooncology, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lukas Radbruch Department of Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Hartmut Vatter Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Erdem Güresir Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Stephanie Stock Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Institute for Health Economics and Clinical Epidemiology (IGKE), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Dirk Müller Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Institute for Health Economics and Clinical Epidemiology (IGKE), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Daniele Civello Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Institute for Health Economics and Clinical Epidemiology (IGKE), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Irini Papachristou Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Center for Clinical Studies (ZKS), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Martin Hellmich Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Institute of Medical Statistics and Computational Biology (IMSB), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Stefanie Hamacher Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Institute of Medical Statistics and Computational Biology (IMSB), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Raymond Voltz Department of Palliative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Center for Clinical Studies (ZKS), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Institute of Medical Statistics and Computational Biology (IMSB), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Roland Goldbrunner Department of General Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Center for Neurosurgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Center for Health Services Research (ZVFK), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
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  1. Correspondence to Dr Heidrun Golla; heidrun.golla{at}uk-koeln.de
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Golla H, Nettekoven C, Bausewein C, et al
Effect of early palliative care for patients with glioblastoma (EPCOG): a randomised phase III clinical trial protocol
BMJ Open 2020;10:e034378. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034378

Publication history

  • Received September 19, 2019
  • Revised November 15, 2019
  • Accepted November 15, 2019
  • First published January 7, 2020.
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January 07, 2020
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