Palliative care in hepatocellular carcinoma

R Laube, AH Sabih, SI Strasser, L Lim… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatocellular carcinoma is a common cancer with a poor prognosis, associated with high
economic costs and a significant burden of disease. While it is often asymptomatic in the …

AGA clinical practice update on palliative care management in cirrhosis: expert review

P Tandon, A Walling, H Patton, T Taddei - Clinical Gastroenterology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Care with palliative care principles (aka Palliative Care, PC) is an approach to care that
focuses on improving the quality of life of patients and their caregivers who are facing life …

AASLD Practice guidance on Acute-on-chronic liver failure and the management of critically Ill patients with cirrhosis

CJ Karvellas, JS Bajaj, PS Kamath, L Napolitano… - Hepatology, 2024 - journals.lww.com
The clinical stages of cirrhosis have traditionally been divided into a compensated phase
with no complications and a decompensated phase that manifests with complications of …

Network Pharmacology and Bioinformatics Approach Reveals the Multi-Target Pharmacological Mechanism of Fumaria indica in the Treatment of Liver Cancer

S Batool, MR Javed, S Aslam, F Noor, HMF Javed… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Liver cancer (LC), a frequently occurring cancer, has become the fourth leading cause of
cancer mortality. The small number of reported data and diverse spectra of …

Barriers to use of palliative care and advance care planning discussions for patients with end-stage liver disease

NN Ufere, J Donlan, L Waldman, JL Dienstag… - Clinical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Despite evidence for the benefits of palliative care (PC) referrals and
early advance care planning (ACP) discussions for patients with chronic diseases, patients …

Lower education and income predict worse long-term outcomes after injury

JP Herrera-Escobar, AJ Seshadri… - Journal of trauma and …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is known to be associated with higher
morbidity and mortality following injury. However, the impact of individual SES on long-term …

Racial and ethnic disparities in palliative care: a systematic scoping review

DS Gardner, M Doherty, G Bates, A Koplow… - Families in …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite the advances and spread of palliative care programs, communities of color remain
significantly underserved. Although these disparities are widely known, there is a marked …

[PDF][PDF] Cost‐effectiveness of noninvasive screening for alcohol‐related liver fibrosis

L Asphaug, M Thiele, A Krag, HO Melberg - Hepatology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims Alcohol‐related liver disease is often undetected until irreversible late‐
stage decompensated disease manifests. Consequently, there is an unmet need for effective …

Palliative care in end‐stage liver disease: time to do better?

C Mazzarelli, WM Prentice, MA Heneghan… - Liver …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Optimal involvement of palliative care (PC) services in the management of patients with
decompensated cirrhosis and end‐stage liver disease (ESLD) is limited. This may result …

[PDF][PDF] Physicians' perspectives on palliative care for patients with end‐stage liver disease: a national survey study

NN Ufere, J Donlan, L Waldman, A Patel… - Liver …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Specialty palliative care (PC) is underused for patients with end‐stage liver disease (ESLD).
We sought to examine attitudes of hepatologists and gastroenterologists about PC for …