About the Authors

Hyun Jung Jho

Affiliation Hospice & Palliative Care Branch, National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea

Yeol Kim

drheat@ncc.re.kr

Affiliation Division of Cancer Management & Policy, National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea

Kyung Ae Kong

Affiliation Clinical Trial Center, Ewha Womans University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Dae Hyun Kim

Affiliation Department of Pain and Anesthesiology, Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea

Jin Young Choi

Affiliation Hospice & Palliative Care Branch, National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea

Eun Jeong Nam

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea

Jin Young Choi

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea

Sujin Koh

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Republic of Korea

Kwan Ok Hwang

Affiliation Korean Hospice & Palliative Nurse Association, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Sun Kyung Baek

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Eun Jung Park

Affiliation Hospice & Palliative Care Branch, National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJJ YK KAK DHK JYC EJN JYC SK KOH EJP. Performed the experiments: SK SKB. Analyzed the data: HJJ YK KAK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: HJJ YK KAK DHK JYC EJN JYC SK KOH SKB EJP.