Good symptom management in oncology is associated with improved patient and family
quality of life, greater treatment compliance, and may even offer survival advantages. With …

Background Incurable cancer, which often constitutes an enormous challenge for patients,
their families, and medical professionals, profoundly affects the patient's physical and …

People younger than 20 years comprise 35% of the global population and 40% of the global
population of least-developed nations (1). The number of children–neonates, infants …

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 …

As a part of a special collection in this issue of Academic Medicine, which is focused on
mastery learning in medical education, this Perspective describes how the expert …

Purpose We describe the key elements of early palliative care (PC) across the illness
trajectory and examine whether visit content was associated with patient-reported outcomes …

Background: Palliative care has emerged as care that specifically aims to address gaps
inherent in disease-centered approaches in order to enhance care quality in serious illness …

Purpose An American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) provisional clinical opinion
(PCO) offers timely clinical direction to ASCO's membership following publication or …

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Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Scientific advances in novel cancer therapeutics
have led to remarkable changes in oncology practice and longer lives for patients …