Measurements A retrospective chart review was performed to analyze the effect of palliative care consultation on completion of goals-of-care conversations and the life-sustaining treatment (LST) document, an advance directive form specific to the Veterans Affairs hospital system between March 29, 2020 and May 1, 2020. Results Of the palliative…[Read more]

Studies have reported worse overall survival (OS) for adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC) compared to adenocarcinoma (AC) of the colon, but none have analyzed a national dataset for over 30 years.

The National Cancer Database was queried from 2004 to 2016 for patients with ASC and AC of the colon. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was performed to…[Read more]