Progressive involuntary weight loss, in particular the loss of lean tissue, is common in
patients with advanced cancer and has long been recognised to result in a deterioration in …

Background As the demand for palliative care increases, more information is needed on
how efficient different types of palliative care models are for providing care to dying patients …

Background Oral symptoms can be a sign of an underlying systemic condition and have a
significant impact on quality of life, nutrition, and cost of care, while these lesions are often …

There is increasing evidence that the presence of an ongoing systemic inflammatory
response is associated with poor outcome in patients with advanced cancer. The aim of the …

BACKGROUND. Recently, it was shown that an inflammation‐based prognostic score, the
Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS), provides additional prognostic information in patients with …

BACKGROUND Accurate survival prediction is essential for decision‐making in cancer
therapies and care planning. Objective physiologic measures may improve the accuracy of …

Purpose Patients with advanced cancer commonly visit the emergency department (ED)
during the last 3 months of life. Identification of these patients and their palliative care needs …

Introduction Survival prediction for patients with incurable malignancies is invaluable
information during end-of-life discussions, as it helps the healthcare team to appropriately …

Objective: To evaluate whether detection of recurrent pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
(PDAC) in an early, asymptomatic stage increases the number of patients receiving …

Background Evidence is increasing that elevated systemic inflammation is associated with
poor survival in patients with oesophageal carcinoma. However, it is not yet established if …