Treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer

L Kuroki, SR Guntupalli - Bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Ovarian cancer is the third most common gynecologic malignancy worldwide but accounts
for the highest mortality rate among these cancers. A stepwise approach to assessment …

Palliative care and the management of common distressing symptoms in advanced cancer: pain, breathlessness, nausea and vomiting, and fatigue

LA Henson, M Maddocks, C Evans… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
Good symptom management in oncology is associated with improved patient and family
quality of life, greater treatment compliance, and may even offer survival advantages. With …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Fear of disease progression and psychological stress in cancer patients under the outbreak of COVID‐19

G Chen, Q Wu, H Jiang, H Zhang, J Peng, J Hu… - Psycho …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
1. BACKGROUND The outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) caused not
only extraordinary public health concerns but also tremendous psychological distress. 1 …

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 …

Medicaid expansion and mortality among patients with breast, lung, and colorectal cancer

MB Lam, J Phelan, EJ Orav, AK Jha… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may
be associated with increased screening and may improve access to earlier treatment for …

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 …

Current multidisciplinary management of brain metastases

MJ Moravan, PE Fecci, CK Anders, JM Clarke… - Cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Brain metastasis (BM), the most common adult brain tumor, develops in 20% to 40% of
patients with late‐stage cancer and traditionally are associated with a poor prognosis. The …

Comparison of integrated outpatient palliative care with standard care in patients with Parkinson disease and related disorders: a randomized clinical trial

BM Kluger, J Miyasaki, M Katz, N Galifianakis… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Parkinson disease and related disorders (PDRD) have consequences for quality
of life (QoL) and are the 14th leading cause of death in the United States. Despite growing …