Outi Akrén
Professor of Palliative Medicine
Center of Palliative Medicine, TUH outhir@utu.fi |
Areas of expertise
End-of-life care, cancer, palliative medicine, teaching, development of palliative medicine services
End-of-life care, cancer, palliative medicine, teaching, development of palliative medicine services
Research community or research topic
Clinical research in palliative medicine, focusing on the end-of-life care of cancer patients.
Clinical research in palliative medicine, focusing on the end-of-life care of cancer patients.
Publications 
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- Palliatiivisen lääketieteen opetus lääketieteen kandidaattien arvioimana (2020)
- Lääkärilehti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The impact of the duration of the palliative care period on cancer patients with regard to the use of hospital services and the place of death: a retrospective cohort study (2020)
- BMC Palliative Care
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A predictive model of overall survival in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (2019)
- F1000Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Assessing the utilization of the decision to implement a palliative goal for the treatment of cancer patients during the last year of life at Helsinki University Hospital: a historic cohort study (2019)
- Acta Oncologica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Does Decision-making in End-of-life Care Differ Between Graduating Medical Students and Experienced Physicians? (2019)
- In Vivo
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - EduPal-hanke uudistaa palliatiivisen lääketieteen koulutusta (2019)
- Lääkärilehti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - End-of-life decisions guiding the palliative care of cancer patients visiting emergency department in South Western Finland: A retrospective cohort study (2018)
- BMC Palliative Care
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A predictive model of overall survival in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (2017)
- F1000Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - End-of-life chemotherapy use at a Finnish university hospital: a retrospective cohort study. (2017)
- Acta Oncologica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - How Reliable are Trial-based Prognostic Models in Real-world Patients with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer? (2017)
- European Urology
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Reply to Tuomas Mirtti and Tero Aittokallio's Letter to the Editor re: Fatemeh Seyednasrollah, Mehrad Mahmoudian, Liisa Rautakorpi, et al. How Reliable are Trial-based Prognostic Models in Real-world Patients with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer? Eur Urol. 2017;71:838-40. Clinical Utility of Trial-estimated Prognostic Models. (2017)
- European Urology
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Palliatiivisessa hoidossa olevan potilaan DNR-päätös - uskallanko ottaa puheeksi? (2016)
- Duodecim
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Kipu palliatiivisessa hoidossa (2013)
- Duodecim
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Anaemia: a rare but neglected problem among Finnish patients receiving chemotherapy for solid tumours (2011)
- Supportive Care in Cancer
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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