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 …

Over the past decade, a large body of evidence has accumulated supporting the integration
of palliative care into oncology practice for patients with advanced cancer. The question is …

Purpose We evaluated the impact of early integrated palliative care (PC) in patients with
newly diagnosed lung and GI cancer. Patients and Methods We randomly assigned patients …

Context Routine symptom assessment represents the cornerstone of symptom management.
Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) is one of the first quantitative symptom …

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 …

Palliative care has evolved over the past five decades as an interprofessional specialty to
improve quality of life and quality of care for patients with cancer and their families. Existing …

VERTHEPASTDECADE, I have watched more than 100 companies try to remake
themselves into significantly better competitors. They have included large organizations …

Oncology has come a long way in addressing patients' quality of life, together with
developing surgical, radio-oncological and medical anticancer therapies. However, the …

People with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have distressing
physical and psychological symptoms, often have limited understanding of their disease …

Background: To implement the appropriate services and develop adequate interventions,
detailed estimates of the needs for palliative care in the population are needed. Aim: To …