Background: Early palliative care improves quality of life and satisfaction with care and is
increasingly endorsed for patients with advanced cancer. However, little is known about the …

The burden of cancer in Asia is high; 6· 1 million new cases were diagnosed in the continent
in 2008, which accounted for 48% of new cases worldwide. Deaths from cancer are …

The aims of the SCCU of the NCI of Milan are mainly four: to collaborate with the individual
specialists of NCI through integrated and ancillary activities while implementing a supportive …

To assess cancer survivors' unmet supportive care needs and associated factors. Limited
evidence is available about the supportive care needs of Chinese cancer survivors to inform …

Objective Challenges and barriers continue to hinder the integration of palliative care
models into comprehensive, ambulatory oncology care. This article aims to describe how …

Objective: Treatment decision-making may be hindered by a lack of knowledge about the
care options of curative, palliative, and hospice care. Our purpose was to create and validate …

Over a decade ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) presented Ensuring Quality Cancer Care
in the United States, with recommendations for change (IOM, 1999). However, barriers to …

Aim Cancer of unknown primary site (CUP) is a medically challenging malignancy with a
poor prognosis. We describe an incident tertiary CUP patient cohort and identify factors …

Early Palliative Care: Moving From 'Why to 'How' Integrating Palliative Care Into Oncology Care:
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