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 …

It is important for oncologists who provide comprehensive cancer care to be familiar with the
principles of primary palliative care and interdisciplinary team-based approaches to …

Palliative care has evolved over the past five decades as an interprofessional specialty to
improve quality of life and quality of care for patients with cancer and their families. Existing …

Purpose To provide evidence-based recommendations to oncology clinicians, patients,
family and friend caregivers, and palliative care specialists to update the 2012 American …

Over the past five decades, palliative care has evolved from serving patients at the end of life
into a highly specialized discipline focused on delivering supportive care to patients with life …

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 …

Opinion statement Palliative care provides an extra layer of support to patients and families
facing a serious illness. To date, several studies support the use of early, integrated …

Despite improvements in cancer therapies, cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide.
Many patients experience severe, unnecessary symptoms during treatment as well as at the …

The objective of the study was to determine whether teams providing specialist palliative
care improve the health outcomes of patients with advanced cancer and their families or …

Palliative care is a multidisciplinary approach to symptom management, psychosocial
support, and assistance in treatment decision-making for patients with serious illness and …