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 …

Simple Summary Timely palliative care is palliative care personalized based on patients'
needs and delivered at the optimal time and setting. It involves a systematic process to …

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

Full integration of oncology and palliative care relies on the specific knowledge and skills of
two modes of care: the tumour-directed approach, the main focus of which is on treating the …

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 …

Oncology has come a long way in addressing patients' quality of life, together with
developing surgical, radio-oncological and medical anticancer therapies. However, the …

Background Serious illness is often characterised by physical/psychological problems,
family support needs, and high healthcare resource use. Hospital‐based specialist palliative …

Background: Despite increasing emphasis on integration of palliative care with disease-
directed care for advanced cancer, the nature of this integration and its effects on patient and …

Opinion statement While the benefits of early palliative care are indisputable, most of the
current evidence has emerged from resource-rich settings in urban areas of high-income …

Objective This meta‐analysis aims to compare the effects of early palliative care on patients
with incurable cancer with those of standard oncologic care or on‐demand palliative care …