In agonising, crippling pain from lung cancer, Mr S came to the palliative care service in
Calicut, Kerala, from an adjoining district a couple of hours away by bus. His body language …

Simple Summary Timely palliative care is palliative care personalized based on patients'
needs and delivered at the optimal time and setting. It involves a systematic process to …

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

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 …

Context Palliative care continues to be a rapidly growing field aimed at improving quality of
life for patients and their caregivers. Objectives The purpose of this review was to provide a …

Background: Despite increasing emphasis on integration of palliative care with disease-
directed care for advanced cancer, the nature of this integration and its effects on patient and …

Importance Palliative care improves health outcomes, but studies of the differences in the
delivery of palliative care to patients with different types of serious illness are lacking …

Background Early palliative care (EPC) in oncology has been shown to have a positive
impact on clinical outcome, quality-of-care outcomes, and costs. However, the optimal way …

Aim Early palliative care (EPC) in oncology has shown sparse evidence of a positive impact
on patient outcomes, quality of care outcomes and costs. Patients and methods Data for this …

Background Although current guidelines advocate early integration of palliative care,
symptom burden and palliative care needs of patients at diagnosis of incurable cancer and …