Background Palliative care (PC) improves the quality of life of patients with advanced
cancer. Our aim was to describe PC referral among patients with advanced cancer, and …

Objectives Hospice and home palliative care have been associated to a reduction of
aggressive treatments in the end-of-life, but data in the Italian context are scanty. Therefore …

Background The UK National Health Service is striving to improve access to palliative care
for patients with advanced cancer however limited information exists on the level of palliative …

Background Early referral to palliative care, at least 3 months before death, should be a
standard of care in oncological practice. Real life data in this setting are invaluable since …

Background Closely linked to the concept of supportive care, the integrated model of
palliative care (PC) implies identifying, assessing and treating physical and psychological …

Background Referral to specialized palliative care services (SPCS) occurs often late in the
illness trajectory but may differ across cancer types. We examined differences between …

Objective For patients with advanced cancer, several randomised controlled trials have
shown that access to palliative care at least 6 months before death can improve symptoms …

Purpose The purpose of the study is to estimate the proportion of patients who had access to
palliative care (PC) and to identify the timing and factors associated with this access …

Background and purpose: Introducing palliative care earlier in the disease trajectory has
been found to provide better management of physical and psychological suffering. In …

Objectives Previous studies have found an association between aggressive cancer care and
lower quality end of life. Despite international recommendations, late or very late referral to …