News relating to palliative care for oncology patients
A lay coach-led telehealth palliative care programme did not significantly improve caregiver or patient outcomes…
A digital symptom monitoring program supported by palliative care nurses helped maintain quality of life…
A smartwatch-based monitoring system may enable more continuous remote monitoring of pain symptoms in patients…
Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer have unique needs compared with other age groups.…
Join Christopher Jackson and Nathan Cherny to discuss the overtreatment of patients at the end of life, particularly systemic treatments. An OJC Meets Podcast proudly produced by The Oncology Network.
Welcome to the eighth episode of Supportive Care Matters, a podcast Hosted by Medical Oncologist Professor Bogda Koczwara AM from Adelaide, Australia.
Bogda is joined by Professor Tom J. Smith to discuss the meaning of “supportive” versus “palliative” care and how to use these terms to overcome fear and stigma, and put patient’s needs first. Tom is Director of Palliative Medicine for Johns Hopkins Medicine, a cancer survivor and proponent of Scrambler Therapy.
By Jennifer Philip, University of Melbourne While many of us may benefit from the extraordinary…
New research in the April 2023 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network finds…
Lung cancer patients can have their risk of dying accurately predicted within the last four…
Mater palliative care doctors are hoping new research findings from their medicinal cannabis trials will…