This article reviews the progress Canada has made integrating palliative care into oncologic
practice. Key clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have influenced and have been translated …

In Canada, widespread discussion of medical aid in dying (http://www. parl. gc.
ca/HousePublications/Publication. aspx? DocId= 8120006) has had an important by …

Palliative and end‐of‐life care is changing in the United States. This dynamic field is
improving care for patients with serious and life‐threatening cancer through creation of …

Opinion statement While the benefits of early palliative care are indisputable, most of the
current evidence has emerged from resource-rich settings in urban areas of high-income …

The role of early palliative care involvement for patients with cancer is being increasingly
recognized for patients with incurable cancer as more studies demonstrate that it is feasible …

3. Zimmermann C, Swami N, Krzyzanowska M, et al. Early palliative care for patients with
advanced cancer: a clusterrandomised controlled trial. Lancet 2014; 383: 1721-30. 4 …

Palliative care is warranted from the time of diagnosis of incurable cancer. From this early
stage, palliative care consists of general palliative care provided by cancer specialists and …

Opinion statement Palliative care has evolved over the decades from its roots in the hospice
movement to a much wider approach in which early intervention further “upstream” in the …

The current issue of Annals of Palliative Medicine features a collection of manuscripts
dedicated to early palliative care (1). The guest editors for this focused issue, Jan Gaertner …

Palliative care has received increasing attention at the American Society of Clinical
Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting since the publication of its provisional clinical opinion on …