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
- 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)



