Palliative Care Goes to Washington
New legislation aims to mandate action on an important aspect of cancer care.
New legislation aims to mandate action on an important aspect of cancer care.
Many patients believe that palliative chemo is curative treatment, so oncologists need to have important end-of-life discussions early in the course of cancer care.
Terminally ill cancer patients receiving chemotherapy at the end of life are at increased risk of dying in an ICU, according to a new study.
A hospital staff education intervention can improve several processes of palliative care in the inpatient setting.
About one-fifth of hospitalizations among patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer are potentially avoidable.
Researchers see high response rate with first-in-class PDH inhibitor CPI-613.
The American Cancer Society is hosting live workshops about how patients’ quality of life is improved when the palliative care conversation starts early.
New cancer therapies and statins demonstrate efficacy in treating and perhaps even preventing ovarian cancer recurrence.
Terminally ill patients who are well supported by religious communities use less hospice care and receive more aggressive medical interventions near death.
Do patients with incurable cancer have the right to decide when to end their own lives?