Abstract Purpose of the Review The integration of cancer-related palliative care is essential
to holistic, quality cancer care. While some similarities exist between countries, this …

All persons have a right to palliative care during cancer treatment and at the end-of-life. The
World Health Organization (WHO) defines palliative care as a medical specialty that …

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 …

Through the current century, Cancer has been one of the most challenging diseases
worldwide (1). According to the latest statistical and epidemiological surveys, Cancer is the …

Background In larger parts of the Middle East palliative care is still misunderstood among
health professionals, cancer patients and the public at large. One reason to that is because …

Cancer is the most common cause of mortality worldwide. Although recent advances of
multiple modality cancer management have significantly improved the cure and control …

Palliative care is a rapidly growing subspecialty of medicine entailing expert and active
assessment, evaluation and treatment of the physical, psychological, social and spiritual …

Abstract Background: Cancer incidence in Middle Eastern countries, most categorized as
low-and middle-income, is predicted to double in the next 10 years, greater than in any other …

With the increasing incidence of cancer worldwide, palliative care has become an effective
intervention to relieve cancer patients' pain and improve their quality of life, although the …

Although palliative care as a discipline in high income countries is maturing, it is still
somewhat in its infancy in sub-Saharan Africa, an area where this type of care is needed the …