Trajectories of Suffering in the Last Year of Life Among Patients With a Solid Metastatic Cancer

Reducing suffering at the end of life is important. Doing so requires a comprehensive understanding of the course of suffering for patients with cancer during their last year of life. This study describes trajectories of psychological, spiritual, physical, and functional suffering in the last year of life among patients with a solid metastatic cancer.We conducted a prospective cohort study of 600 patients with a solid metastatic cancer between...