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 …

Full integration of oncology and palliative care relies on the specific knowledge and skills of
two modes of care: the tumour-directed approach, the main focus of which is on treating the …

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 …

Purpose Palliative sedation is a clinical procedure aimed at relieving refractory symptoms in
patients with advanced cancer. It has been suggested that sedative drugs may shorten life …

Context The current state of palliative care in cancer centers is not known. Objectives To
determine the availability and degree of integration of palliative care services and to …

Palliative care and rehabilitation practitioners are important collaborative referral sources for
each other who can work together to improve the lives of cancer patients, survivors, and …

Purpose To describe current referral practices of oncologists to specialized palliative care
(SPC) and define demographic characteristics, practice situations, and opinions associated …

Background Despite the high potential to improve the quality of life of patients and families,
palliative care services face significant obstacles to their use. In countries with high-resource …

Tom, a 50-year-old man with metastatic pancreatic cancer, was referred by his phase I
physician to our supportive care center for symptom management. He was initially …

Tumor growth is associated with profound metabolic and neurochemical alterations, which
can lead to the onset of anorexia–cachexia syndrome. Anorexia is defined as the loss of the …