Background Patients referred to specialised palliative care are troubled by
symptoms/problems, but more knowledge is needed on the level and frequency of …

Background There is increasing recognition that patients with non-malignant diseases have
comparable physical and psychosocial symptom burden to patients with cancer. There is …

Background: Large, nationally representative studies of the association between quality of
life and survival time in cancer patients in specialized palliative care are missing. Aim: The …

Background Evidence on the differences in symptom patterns between older palliative
cancer and non-cancer patients is lacking. The purpose of the study was to determine the …

Objectives This study aimed to examine the symptomatology of patients with advanced
cancer at admittance to palliative care services and to investigate how the symptomatology …

Objectives To establish symptom prevalence and associated distress in a large cohort of UK
patients with cancer referred to a palliative care team. Methods This is a secondary analysis …

Background People with advanced cancer experience multiple symptoms during their
illness trajectory, which can fluctuate in intensity. Aim To describe the course of self-reported …

Background: Palliative cancer patients experience a complex clinical picture. Research
shows little correlation between nurses' impressions of the patient's symptoms and the …

Little is known about the need for palliative care among advanced cancer patients who are
not in specialist palliative care. The purpose was to identify prevalence and predictors of …

Aim To increase the knowledge of the frequency and intensity of symptoms and the
treatment interventions in older palliative cancer patients. Background Research on …