The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Overview

Added Byock as reference 1.

Added text on end-of-life discussions and health care costs in the last week of life (cited Zhang et al. as reference 2).

Updated statistics on hospice care.

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