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Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Futile medication use in terminally ill cancer patients
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Supportive Care in Cancer, November 2008
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00520-008-0541-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rachel P. Riechelmann, Monika K. Krzyzanowska, Camilla Zimmermann |
| Abstract |
Cancer patients usually take many medications. The proportion of patients with advanced cancer who are taking futile drugs is unknown. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 78 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 74 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 16 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 13% |
| Researcher | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 9% |
| Other | 14 | 18% |
| Unknown | 12 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 43 | 55% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 7 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 5% |
| Psychology | 3 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Unknown | 15 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 November 2011.
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#15,237,301
of 22,655,397 outputs
Outputs from Supportive Care in Cancer
#3,052
of 4,517 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#139,038
of 166,007 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Supportive Care in Cancer
#10
of 12 outputs
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