Models of palliative care delivery for patients with cancer

D Hui, E Bruera - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2020 - ascopubs.org
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 …

Palliative and end-of-life care for patients with hematologic malignancies

A El-Jawahri, AM Nelson, TF Gray, SJ Lee… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
Hematologic malignancies are a heterogeneous group of diseases with unique illness
trajectories, treatment paradigms, and potential for curability, which affect patients' palliative …

Innovations in research and clinical care using patient‐generated health data

HSL Jim, AI Hoogland, NC Brownstein… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Patient‐generated health data (PGHD), or health‐related data gathered from patients to help
address a health concern, are used increasingly in oncology to make regulatory decisions …

The effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of hospital‐based specialist palliative care for adults with advanced illness and their caregivers

S Bajwah, AO Oluyase, D Yi, W Gao… - Cochrane database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Serious illness is often characterised by physical/psychological problems,
family support needs, and high healthcare resource use. Hospital‐based specialist palliative …

Palliative care and end-of-life outcomes following high-risk surgery

M Yefimova, RA Aslakson, L Yang, A Garcia… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Palliative care has the potential to improve care for patients and families
undergoing high-risk surgery. Objective To characterize the use of perioperative palliative …

Patient experience captured by quality-of-life measurement in oncology clinical trials

A Haslam, D Herrera-Perez, J Gill… - JAMA network open, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Quality of life (QoL) is an important consideration in cancer medicine, especially
because drugs are becoming more costly and may only result in modest gains in overall …

Geriatric assessment and survival among older adults receiving postremission therapy for acute myeloid leukemia

M Saad, KP Loh, JA Tooze, TS Pardee… - Blood, The Journal …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Geriatric assessment is feasible and can predict survival in older adults starting therapy for
acute myeloid leukemia (AML). 1-4 Among older adults receiving intensive therapy …

Symptom burden in patients with cancer who are experiencing unplanned hospitalization

RA Newcomb, RD Nipp, LP Waldman, JA Greer… - Cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Inpatient supportive care programs often target patients with advanced solid
tumors. To the authors' knowledge, few studies to date have characterized symptom burden …

Palliative care knowledge, information sources, and beliefs: Results of a national survey of adults in the USA

EA Boakye, KA Mohammed… - … & supportive care, 2020 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveDespite its established benefits, palliative care (PC) is not well known among
patients and family/caregivers. From a nationally representative survey, we sought to assess …

Strategies for introducing palliative care in the management of relapsed or refractory aggressive lymphomas

OO Odejide - Hematology 2014, the American Society of …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Recent advances in treatment of patients with aggressive lymphomas ranging from chimeric
antigen receptor T-cell therapy to combination of antibody–drug conjugates with …