Importance The use of palliative care programs and the number of trials assessing their
effectiveness have increased. Objective To determine the association of palliative care with …

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

Importance The evidence for palliative care exists predominantly for patients with cancer.
The effect of palliative care on important end-of-life outcomes in patients with noncancer …

Purpose An American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) provisional clinical opinion
(PCO) offers timely clinical direction to ASCO's membership following publication or …

Objective: To systematically characterize interventions and effectiveness of palliative care for
advanced heart failure (HF) patients. Background: Patients with advanced heart failure …

Importance: Evidence supports palliative care effectiveness. Given workforce constraints
and the costs of new services, payers and providers need help to prioritize their investments …

Palliative care has been one of the most rapidly growing fields of health care in the United
States in the past decade. The benefits of palliative care have now been shown in multiple …

Context Palliative care continues to be a rapidly growing field aimed at improving quality of
life for patients and their caregivers. Objectives The purpose of this review was to provide a …

Background Serious illness is often characterised by physical/psychological problems,
family support needs, and high healthcare resource use. Hospital‐based specialist palliative …

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive malignancy that continues to
be challenging to treat. PDAC has the lowest 5‐year relative survival rate compared with all …