Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the patient
Inclusion-criteria | 1. Patients with a solid tumour treated at the Medical Oncology department, Thoracic Oncology department or Digestive Oncology department of the Ghent University Hospital |
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2. Patients within 12 weeks of a new diagnosis of illness progression or patients originating from another hospital who are within 12 weeks of receiving first-line treatment | |
3. Patients with a life expectancy of approximately one year (assessed by the treating oncologist) | |
4. Patients with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1 or 2 | |
5. Patients with the ability to read and respond to questions in Dutch. | |
Exclusion-criteria | 1. Patients under 18 years old |
2. Patients with impaired cognition | |
3. Patients with more than one palliative care consultation since the onset of the disease | |
4. Patients with one palliative care consultation in the six months before inclusion |