Treatment targeted at underlying disease versus palliative care in terminally ill patients: a systematic review
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GENERAL COMMENTS This is an important review. It is only a pity that so few source studies were available. Methodologically the work keeps strictly to the Cochrane Collaboration guidelines and techniques, with the trustworthiness that follows. There are no obvious missed opportunities for supplementary analyses. My remarks will therefore mostly deal with minor details. References px/y are to Authors‟ pg no x, pdf line no y. PC = palliative care, TTD = active treatment of disease.
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