Context There are few randomized controlled trials on the effectiveness of palliative care
interventions to improve the care of patients with advanced cancer. Objective To determine …

Importance Guidelines recommend early specialty palliative care for all patients with
advanced cancer, but most patients lack access to such services. Objective To assess the …

Importance The delivery of palliative care is not standard of care within most emergency
departments (EDs). Objective To compare quality of life, depression, health care utilization …

Objective: There is a paucity of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate models of
palliative care. Although interventions vary, all have faced a variety of methodological …

Background: There is a paucity of randomized studies evaluating the value of palliative
interventions on a prospective basis in newly diagnosed oncology patients. We sought to …

Patients with advanced cancer experience a complex web of problems, all of which interact.
Specialist palliative care services have developed to meet these needs, but their …

The past decade has brought forth innovative research that questions the traditional
oncology care model for patients with advanced cancer. Through integrating palliative care …

Background: ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise Before Life Ends) II was one of the first
randomized controlled trials (RCTs) examining the effects of a concurrent oncology palliative …

Background Patients with advanced cancer have reduced quality of life, which tends to
worsen towards the end of life. We assessed the effect of early palliative care in patients with …

Purpose To provide evidence-based recommendations to oncology clinicians, patients,
family and friend caregivers, and palliative care specialists to update the 2012 American …