Quality of life and added value of a tailored palliative care intervention in patients with soft tissue sarcoma undergoing treatment with trabectedin: a multicentre, cluster-randomised trial within the German Interdisciplinary Sarcoma Group (GISG)

• Bernd Kasper,
• Martin Bornhäuser,
• Uwe Pelzer,
• Leopold Hentschel,
• Stephan Richter,
• Hans-Georg Kopp,
• Annegret Kunitz,
• Torsten Kessler,
• Jens Marcus Chemnitz,
• Ulrich Schuler,
• Janet Freitag,
• Andrea Schilling,
• Beate Hornemann,
• Karin Arndt,
• Markus Kajo Schuler

Affiliations

Bernd Kasper

Sarcoma Unit, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim University Medical Center, Mannheim, Germany

Martin Bornhäuser

National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Partner Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Uwe Pelzer

31Division of Hematology, Oncology and Tumor Immunology, Medical Department, Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center, Charité Medical University, Berlin, Germany

Leopold Hentschel

Department of Psychooncology of the University Cancer Center (NCT/UCC), University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

Stephan Richter

Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

Hans-Georg Kopp

Interdisciplinary Center for Soft-Tissue-Sarcoma, GIST and Bone-Tumor, Robert-Bosch-Center of Tumor Diseases, Stuttgart, Germany

Annegret Kunitz

Internal Medicine, Vivantes Clinic Spandau, Berlin, Germany

Torsten Kessler

Hematology Oncology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany

Jens Marcus Chemnitz

Internal Medicine, ev. Stift St. Martin, Koblenz, Germany

Ulrich Schuler

University Palliative Center, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

Janet Freitag

Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

Andrea Schilling

Department of Social Work, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

Beate Hornemann

Department of Psychooncology of the University Cancer Center (NCT/UCC), University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

Karin Arndt

Patient Advocacy, Das Lebenshaus e.V, Wölfersheim, Germany

Markus Kajo Schuler

Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany