Background Inequalities in access to hospice care is a source of considerable concern;
white, middle-class, middle-aged patients with cancer have traditionally been over …

Haematological malignancies are complex diseases, affecting the entire age spectrum, and
having marked differences in presentation, treatment, progression and outcome. Patients …

CONTEXT: Current literature suggests that contact with specialist palliative care for patients
diagnosed with hematological malignancy is infrequent. As part of an investigation into …

Purpose: Hematologic cancers are associated with aggressive cancer-directed care near
death and underuse of hospice and palliative care services. We sought to explore …

The article presents the revised and updated guidelines on the diagnosis and management
of multiple myeloma. It includes new sections on imaging and the management skeletal …

Background: Patients with hematologic malignancies have reduced and later access to
palliative care services (APCS) than do those with solid tumors. It is unclear whether these …

Purpose: Most referrals to palliative care and hospice occur late in the trajectory of the
disease although an earlier intervention could decrease patients' symptom distress. The …

In recent years, patients with advanced cancer are referred more frequently to palliative care
programs. However, the referrals usually occur relatively late for the management of severe …

Palliative care—specialized healthcare focused on improving quality of life for patients with
serious illnesses—can help urologists to care for patients with unmet symptom, coping and …

Current evidence suggests that patients with hematological malignancies less frequently
access palliative care services, and for those who do, this tends to occur later in their illness …