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…
Browsing: Palliative Care
Early palliative care for advanced lung cancer increases survival
Early palliative care is associated with better survival in patients with advanced lung cancer, according…
Early palliative care offers no extra benefit for mesothelioma patients
Early specialist palliative care treatment does not improve the quality of life for patients diagnosed…
Are preventive drugs overused at the end of life in older adults with cancer?
A study has revealed that preventive medications – such as those to lower blood pressure…
Palliative care may reduce suicide risk in veterans with lung cancer
Results from a large-scale patient population study, recently published in the Annals of the American Thoracic…
Expert Review: COSA ASM 2017 Day 2 by Kim Hobbs
With a theme this year of “Immunotherapy: Molecules and Mountains” the 44th Annual Scientific Meeting…
Patients with depression and advanced cancer survive longer with palliative care intervention
A new study finds that patients with depression and advanced cancer live longer when exposed…
Early palliative care provides no quality of life benefits for recently diagnosed MPM patients
Early specialist palliative care for patients that were recently diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM)…
Can a dying patient be a healthy person?
Richard Gunderman, Indiana University and James W Lynch, University of Florida The news was bad.…
Are our busy doctors and nurses losing empathy for patients?
Sue Dean, University of Technology Sydney. Every day, doctors, nurses and other health professionals are…