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Dori Seccareccia
Researcher at University of Toronto
Publications - 14
Citations - 879
Dori Seccareccia is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Palliative care & Health care. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 14 publications receiving 774 citations. Previous affiliations of Dori Seccareccia include Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre & University Health Network.
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Phase II Study of an Outpatient Palliative Care Intervention in Patients With Metastatic Cancer
Matthew Follwell,Debika Burman,Lisa W. Le,Kristina Wakimoto,Dori Seccareccia,John Bryson,Gary Rodin,Camilla Zimmermann +7 more
TL;DR: This phase II study demonstrates efficacy of an OPCC for improvement of symptom control and patient satisfaction with care and Randomized controlled trials are indicated to further evaluate the effectiveness of specialized outpatient palliative care.
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Interconversion of three measures of performance status: An empirical analysis
Clement Ma,Shazeen Bandukwala,Debika Burman,John Bryson,John Bryson,Dori Seccareccia,Dori Seccareccia,Subrata Banerjee,Subrata Banerjee,Jeff Myers,Jeff Myers,Gary Rodin,Gary Rodin,Deborah Dudgeon,Camilla Zimmermann +14 more
TL;DR: The proposed scale provides a means of translating amongst these measures, which may improve accuracy of communication about performance status amongst oncology clinicians and researchers.
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Palliating a pandemic: "all patients must be cared for".
TL;DR: The authors present a mathematical and ethical justification for a palliative care surge plan and outline some of the key elements that should be included in such a plan.
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Nurse and physician inter-rater agreement of three performance status measures in palliative care outpatients
Camilla Zimmermann,Debika Burman,Shazeen Bandukwala,Dori Seccareccia,Dori Seccareccia,Ebru Kaya,John Bryson,Gary Rodin,Gary Rodin,Christopher Lo +9 more
TL;DR: Although inter-rater agreement was good for all three scales, physicians tended to rate patients as healthier for the PPS and ECOG, and the KPS may provide greater consistency of PS ratings by different oncology professionals in clinical and research settings.
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Bringing palliative care to a Canadian cancer center: the palliative care program at Princess Margaret Hospital
TL;DR: The components, successes, and challenges of the palliative care program at Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada's largest center for cancer care and research, are described, which may be useful for others, who are developing palliatives care programs in an academic setting.