Background: Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death, and it is known many
affected will have significant palliative care needs. Evidence suggests that early involvement …

Background: Early palliative care provides better quality of life, increased prognostic
awareness, and even improved survival for patients with advanced cancer but how the …

Palliative care is appropriate for patients at any point in a serious illness. Unlike hospice,
palliative care is not limited by prognosis and may be provided at the same time as disease …

Aim: The aim of this preliminary study was to evaluate the feasibility of conducting an
effectiveness trial of early access to palliative care services for people with lung cancer …

Lung cancer is the most common cancer and leading cause of cancer mortality globally.
Lung cancer is associated with significant morbidity, with symptoms often being poorly …

Background Integration of palliative care with standard oncologic care improves quality of
life and survival of lung cancer patients. We surveyed physicians to identify factors …

The early integration of specialist palliative care has been shown to benefit the quality of life
of patients with advanced cancer. In order to explore whether other seriously ill people and …

Purpose Despite clinical guidelines, palliative care is underutilized during advanced stage
lung cancer treatment. To inform interventions to increase its use, patient-level barriers and …

Background: There is evidence that early integration of palliative care improves quality of
life, lowers spending and helps clarify preferences and goals for advanced cancer patients …

A major barrier to broader public acceptance of palliative care for life-threatening illnesses
has been the reasonable presumption that forgoing aggressive treatment in favour of …