Cancer care delivery is being shaped by growing numbers of cancer survivors coupled with
provider shortages, rising costs of primary treatment and follow‐up care, significant …

Introduction: A main goals of palliative care is to improve the health-related quality of life
(QOL) of patients with advanced illnesses. The objective of this narrative review is to provide …

Background: People living with terminal illness are at higher risk of experiencing financial
insecurity. The variance in definitions of financial insecurity, in addition to its impact on the …

Background: Improving quality of life (QOL) is important in cancer palliative care (PC)
patients.“Spiritual pain”(SP) is common in this population, but it is unknown how it affects …

Purpose Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) has become a widely adopted
treatment for patients with oligometastatic disease, despite limited evidence of superiority …

Background Breast cancer patients often experience multiple symptoms that negatively
affect quality of life (QOL). Patient-reported scores on symptom screening tools are used by …

Background Palliative antalgic treatments represent an issue for clinical management and a
challenge for scientific research. Radiotherapy (RT) plays a central role. Techniques such as …

Purpose Health related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important outcome in cancer care and
needs assessment by a valid questionnaire. HRQOL questionnaires need to be validated …

Aims We report on the first prospective series of patient-reported quality of life (QoL)
following stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for primary kidney cancer. Materials …

Context Although the psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the European
Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 15 …