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

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

Background: Advanced heart failure (HF) is characterized by high morbidity and mortality.
Conventional therapy may not sufficiently reduce patient suffering and maximize quality of …

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 …

Background The use of web-based monitoring for lung cancer patients is growing in interest
because of promising recent results suggesting improvement in cancer and resource …

BACKGROUND: The surprise question—“Would I be surprised if this patient died in the next
12 months?”—has been used to identify patients at high risk of death who might benefit from …

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults.
Regardless of ideal multidisciplinary treatment, including maximal surgical resection …

Purpose The current epidemic of prescription opioid misuse has increased scrutiny of
postoperative opioid prescribing. Some 6% to 8% of opioid-naïve patients undergoing …

Objective To assess the effect of specialist palliative care on quality of life and additional
outcomes relevant to patients in those with advanced illness. Design Systematic review with …

Introduction Cancer remains a leading cause of death worldwide. While a curative intent is
the aim of any surgical treatment many patients either present with or go onto develop …