Patients with head and neck cancer face a potentially traumatizing disease. These cancers
can erode a patient's ability to perform many of the most basic human functions: eating …

Over 80% of genetic studies in the Parkinson's disease (PD) field have been conducted on
individuals of European descent. There is a social and scientific imperative to understand …

Delivering care in alignment with patient goals is a critical aspect of serious illness care.
Eliciting and documenting high-risk patients' goals, particularly in advance of a surgical …

Background Goals of care discussions are infrequently documented in the preoperative
period. Furthermore, documentation does not consistently address what matters most to …

Over the last half decade, a previously harmonious general consensus around benefits
associated with advance care planning (ACP) has taken a quick turn into dissonance. ACP …

ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Infrequent preoperative goals of care (GOC)
documentation leads to challenges in medical decision‐making when patients experience …

Background: Malignant gastrointestinal obstruction (MGIO), a frequent complication of
peritoneal surface malignancies (PSM), often portends a poor prognosis. The lack of high …

Background: Although resection is generally necessary for curative-intent treatment of most
solid organ cancers, surgery is occasionally aborted due to intraoperative findings …

Background The peritoneum is a common site of metastases from colorectal cancer (CRC),
yet controversy exists regarding optimal treatment strategies. These guidelines describe the …

A national survey of otolaryngologists' perspectives on uses and barriers to palliative care A
national survey of otolaryngologists' perspectives on uses and barriers to palliative care Am J …