Research Objectives To identify life priorities important to advanced cancer patients; to
determine if ranking of “live as long as possible, no matter what” correlates with choice of …

OBJECTIVES: To provide an overview of the complex issues and communication needs of
patients and families coping with advanced cancer and discuss issues related to their …

Our primary objective was to determine the content and format that is most suitable for
educational events targeting patients and carers who are living with advanced cancer …

Despite the many advances made in the treatment of cancer, communication worldwide
between healthcare professionals, patients and their families remains problematic [1] …

Health is not defined by the absence of disease or suffering, but by response to a series of
life events that can markedly alter the quality and quantity of life. Patients with cancer …

Aim The aims of this paper were to validate four items assessing how patients' needs
regarding support to and from their relatives are met and to investigate patients' evaluation …

In its 2017 guideline, ASCO challenged members to integrate palliative care into their
standard oncology practices for all patients, throughout their cancer trajectory. However …

Survivorship is a complicated notion because people often confuse a process of
survivorship with a mythic identity of being a cancer survivor. This confusion may be a …

Purpose To identify the qualitative evidence on the experience of cancer and comorbid
illness from the perspective of patients, carers and health care professionals to identify …

Background Patients confronted with a cancer diagnosis experience a variety of existential
needs encompassing emotional, psychological, and spiritual areas of being. A patient …