Improving patient and caregiver outcomes in oncology: Team‐based, timely, and targeted palliative care

D Hui, BL Hannon, C Zimmermann… - CA: a cancer journal for …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade, a large body of evidence has accumulated supporting the integration
of palliative care into oncology practice for patients with advanced cancer. The question is …

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 …

Effectiveness of integrated palliative and oncology care for patients with acute myeloid leukemia: a randomized clinical trial

A El-Jawahri, TW LeBlanc, A Kavanaugh… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) receiving intensive chemotherapy
experience substantial decline in their quality of life (QOL) and mood during their …

Palliative care for family caregivers

S Alam, B Hannon, C Zimmermann - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2020 - ascopubs.org
Family caregivers provide substantial care for patients with advanced cancer, while suffering
from hidden morbidity and unmet needs. The objectives of this review were to examine risk …

Patient-reported outcomes in cancer care—hearing the patient voice at greater volume

TW LeBlanc, AP Abernethy - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2017 - nature.com
Recording of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) enables direct measurement of the
experiences of patients with cancer. In the past decade, the use of PROs has become a …

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 …

Effect of inpatient palliative care during hematopoietic stem-cell transplant on psychological distress 6 months after transplant: results of a randomized clinical trial

A El-Jawahri, L Traeger, JA Greer… - Journal of Clinical …, 2017 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Inpatient palliative care integrated with transplant care improves patients' quality of
life (QOL) and symptom burden during hematopoietic stem-cell transplant (HCT). We …

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 …

Interventions to improve outcomes for caregivers of patients with advanced cancer: a meta-analysis

R Chow, JJ Mathews, EYQ Cheng, S Lo… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer often have poor quality of
life (QOL) and mental health. We examined the effectiveness of interventions offering …

Effect of an oncology nurse–led primary palliative care intervention on patients with advanced cancer: the CONNECT cluster randomized clinical trial

Y Schenker, AD Althouse, M Rosenzweig… - JAMA internal …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Guidelines recommend early specialty palliative care for all patients with
advanced cancer, but most patients lack access to such services. Objective To assess the …