Background: Early palliative care is increasingly recommended but seldom practised. We
sought to examine perceptions of palliative care among patients with advanced cancer and …

Background: Early palliative care improves quality of life and satisfaction with care and is
increasingly endorsed for patients with advanced cancer. However, little is known about the …

Background: Despite evidence for early integration of palliative care for people with
advanced cancer and their families, patterns of late engagement continue. Prior research …

Background: Early involvement of palliative care improves patient quality of life; however,
quantitative studies have not yet demonstrated a similar effect for caregivers, for whom the …

Background: Intervention trials confirm that patients with advanced cancer receiving early
palliative care experience a better quality of life and show improved knowledge about and …

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 …

Background Early palliative care improves the quality of life (QoL) and satisfaction with care
of patients with advanced cancer, but little is known about its effect on caregivers. Here, we …

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 …

Abstract BACKGROUND AND METHODS In part of a quality improvement program, the
European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) surveyed its membership regarding their …

Despite significant advances in understanding the benefits of early integration of palliative
care with disease management, many people living with a chronic life-threatening illness …