Innovative anticancer therapies based on the activation of the immune system offer promise
in the battle against cancers resistant to traditional treatments. Examples of such therapeutic …

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

Over the past five decades, palliative care has evolved from serving patients at the end of life
into a highly specialized discipline focused on delivering supportive care to patients with life …

Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Scientific advances in novel cancer therapeutics
have led to remarkable changes in oncology practice and longer lives for patients …

Importance The delivery of palliative care is not standard of care within most emergency
departments (EDs). Objective To compare quality of life, depression, health care utilization …

Objective: Palliative care aims to improve cancer patients' quality of life through expert
symptom management, psychosocial and spiritual care, patient-clinician communication …

Abstract Background. Both the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the European
Society for Medical Oncology strongly endorse integrating oncology and palliative care (PC); …

Purpose: Recent research and professional guidelines support expanded use of outpatient
subspecialty palliative care in oncology, but provider referral practices vary widely. We …

Advance care planning (ACP) should be initiated early and be readdressed often for
patients with cancer. This directive is expressed in the Institute of Medicine's report,“Dying in …

Background Chronic pain is prevalent among older adults but is underrecognized and
undertreated. The approach to pain assessment and management in older adults requires …