Cancer is an aggressive disease with a low median survival rate. Ironically, the treatment
process is long and very costly due to its high recurrence and mortality rates. Accurate early …

Background There are several methods of assessing nutritional status in cancer of which
serum albumin is one of the most commonly used. In recent years, the role of malnutrition as …

Background Access to palliative care is a key quality metric which most healthcare
organizations strive to improve. The primary challenges to increasing palliative care access …

Shared decision making for advanced heart failure has become both more challenging and
more crucial as duration of disease and treatment options have increased. High-quality …

Methods We searched our own database of papers, conducted a Medline search, and
approached experts for additional published references (further details available from SAM) …

Purpose: Providing survival estimates is important for decision making in oncology care. The
purpose of this study was to provide survival estimates for outpatients with advanced cancer …

Bleeding is a common problem in cancer patients, related to local tumor invasion, tumor
angiogenesis, systemic effects of the cancer, or anti-cancer treatments. Existing bleeds can …

Purpose To offer evidence-based clinical recommendations concerning prognosis in
advanced cancer patients. Methods A Working Group of the Research Network of the …

Through the revolutionization of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in clinical research,
significant improvement is observed in diagnosis of cancer. Utilization of these AI …

Background According to the World Health Organization (WHO) definition, palliative care
should be initiated in an early phase and not be restricted to terminal care. In the literature …