It is critical for patients with hematologic malignancies to have an accurate understanding of
their illness and prognosis to make informed treatment decisions. Illness and prognostic …

Purpose: Palliative care improves symptom burden, distress, patient and family satisfaction,
and survival for patients with cancer. Oncology professional societies endorse the …

Catherine is a 27-year-old woman who was waitressing to save money for graduate school.
She had no insurance and was hoping that her fatigue and nosebleeds were attributable to …

Treatments for hematologic malignancies are often complex and debilitating, with increased
risk of immune suppression and infections. 1 Some patients receive allogeneic stem cell …

Over the past decade, a large body of evidence has accumulated supporting the integration
of palliative care into oncology practice for patients with advanced cancer. The question is …

Objective To describe palliative care integration into oncology, including several models that
facilitate this integration, important considerations when initiating a program, special …

Background: Patients with hematologic malignancies (HM) often receive aggressive care at
the end of life (EOL). Early palliative care (PC) has been shown to improve EOL care …

In the intense, cure-oriented setting of hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT),
delivery of high-quality palliative and end-of-life care is a unique challenge. Although HSCT …

Patients with advanced cancer experience a complex web of problems, all of which interact.
Specialist palliative care services have developed to meet these needs, but their …

Background Patients undergoing HSCT and their caregivers endure substantial
psychological distress during the transplant hospitalization. Prior single-center studies …