News relating to palliative care for oncology patients
Living well with advanced cancer
By Jennifer Philip, University of Melbourne While many of us may benefit from the extraordinary…
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Study identifies approach for improving end-of-life conversations for people with cancer
New research in the April 2023 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network finds…
Study identifies new test to accurately predict end of life for lung cancer patients
Lung cancer patients can have their risk of dying accurately predicted within the last four…
Medicinal cannabis trial offers hope in National Pain Week
Mater palliative care doctors are hoping new research findings from their medicinal cannabis trials will…
Bereavement during COVID-19 by Liz Lobb
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every aspect of life, including how we die and how…
Incurable cancer: Patients need palliative care support early on
So far, there has been little research into supportive care needs in patients with newly…
Major differences in palliative care provision across the globe
A major review of palliative care services around the world has highlighted huge inconsistencies in…
Ghana needs a better policy to guide care for cancer patients
Yakubu Salifu, Lancaster University The World Health Assembly urged countries in 2014 to include palliative…
Tackling taboos: Can we agree on how to talk about end-of-life with young people?
A death illiterate society We, as a society, are not particularly good at dealing with…
Algorithm identifies cancer patients in need of advance care planning conversations
Many cancer patients do not get the opportunity to discuss their wishes for treatment until…