Palliative Care News

The FDA approved IV rolapitant in combination with other antiemetic agents to prevent delayed nausea and vomiting associated with initial and repeat courses of emetogenic cancer chemotherapy for adults.

Adolescents and young adults with cancer who participated in a one-on-one targeted intervention reported improvements in resilience, cancer-related quality of life and stress management, according to a study scheduled for presentation at the Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium.

Patients with non-small cell lung cancer undergoing radiation therapy and their caregivers achieved a variety of benefits from yoga therapy, according to a feasibility study scheduled for presentation at the Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium.

Patients with acute myeloid leukemia undergoing chemotherapy held perceptions of treatment risk and likelihood of cure that varied widely from their physicians’ perceptions, according to study results scheduled for presentation at the Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium.

Nearly three-quarters of patients with advanced cancer preferred doctors who communicated with them face-to-face while holding a notepad rather than repeatedly using a computer, according to the results of a randomized controlled study scheduled for presentation at the Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium.

Diane E. Meier, MD, FACP, received the National Academy of Medicine’s Gustav O. Leinhard Award for Advancement of Health Care.

Oncology leaders who participated in an American Association for Cancer Research webinar this afternoon highlighted several advances in cancer research and emphasized the importance of robust medical research funding.

Early palliative care did not significantly improve quality-of-life measures among patients newly diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma, according to results of the RESPECT-MESO trial presented at International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer World Conference on Lung Cancer.

Patients with advanced cancer face a heavy burden of hospitalization in the year following diagnosis, study data showed.

Researchers did not observe significant racial differences in various aspects of end-of-life care in the United States; however, they reported that both black and white respondents found flaws in the quality of palliative and hospice care, according to data published in JAMA Internal Medicine.