The incidence of alcoholism in patients with advanced cancer receiving active treatment in two tertiary care centers in Italy
Alcohol and Alcoholism Oct 02, 2018
Giusti R, et al. - Researchers aimed at determining the incidence of alcoholism in patients with advanced cancer admitted to two Italian Oncology Units for active cancer treatment. A total of 117 patients were made to complete the Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye-opener (CAGE) questionnaire. As per findings, alcoholism is widespread and under-diagnosed among these patients. They identified a double percentage of CAGE-positive patients compared with other experience in palliative settings among European population. The CAGE-positive patients were mostly males, with lower ESAS score.
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