Early specialist palliative care on quality of life for malignant pleural mesothelioma: a randomised controlled trial

Fraser Brims; Samal Gunatilake; Iain Lawrie; Laura Marshall; Carole Fogg; Cathy Qi; Lorraine Creech; Nicola Holtom; Stephanie Killick; Bernard Yung; David Cooper; Louise Stadon; Peter Cook; Elizabeth Fuller; Julie Walther; Claire Plunkett; Andrew Bates; Carolyn Mackinlay; Anil Tandon; Nicholas A Maskell; Karen Forbes; Najib M Rahman; Stephen Gerry; Anoop J Chauhan

doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-212380

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Early specialist palliative care on quality of life for malignant pleural mesothelioma: a randomised controlled trial

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Fraser Brims Respiratory Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Curtin Medical School, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Samal Gunatilake Department of Respiratory Medicine, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Iain Lawrie Department of Palliative Medicine, North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester, Manchester, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Laura Marshall Research and Innovation Department, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Carole Fogg School of Health Sciences and Social Work, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Cathy Qi Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lorraine Creech University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, Manchester, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nicola Holtom Department of Palliative Care, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, Norfolk, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephanie Killick Department of Palliative Care, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Winchester, Hampshire, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bernard Yung Department of Respiratory Medicine, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Basildon, Essex, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Cooper Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Louise Stadon North Bristol Lung Centre, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter Cook Department of Respiratory Medicine, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, Darlington, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Elizabeth Fuller Department of Respiratory Medicine, South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust, South Shields, South Tyneside, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Julie Walther Haematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Taunton, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Claire Plunkett Department of Palliative Medicine, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, Chelmsford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Andrew Bates Department of Clinical Oncology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, Southampton, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Carolyn Mackinlay Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Swindon, Swindon, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anil Tandon Department of Palliative Care, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nicholas A Maskell North Bristol Lung Centre, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK Academic Respiratory Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Bristol University, Bristol, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Karen Forbes Department of Palliative Medicine, Bristol University, Bristol, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Najib M Rahman Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephen Gerry Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anoop J Chauhan Department of Respiratory, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
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Correspondence to Professor Fraser Brims, Curtin Medical School, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; fraser.brims{at}curtin.edu.au

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Brims F, Gunatilake S, Lawrie I on behalf of the RESPECT-Meso investigators, et al

Early specialist palliative care on quality of life for malignant pleural mesothelioma: a randomised controlled trial

Thorax 2019;74:354-361.

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Received July 20, 2018
Revised November 29, 2018
Accepted December 10, 2018
First published January 19, 2019.

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March 14, 2019

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