Palliative Care News

Compared with the rest of the general public, certain subpopulations in the U.S. tended to seek medical treatment in situations where interventions may be unnecessary, results from a survey study showed.

CHICAGO — An algorithm-based default referrals system led to a fourfold increase in specialty palliative care use when implemented in a large community oncology network, results of a randomized study presented at ASCO Annual Meeting showed.

CHICAGO — A stepped palliative care model delivering early care at key points for patients with advanced cancer resulted in fewer visits while still maintaining quality-of-life benefits, results from a randomized study showed.

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of five stories from ASCO Voices, a session during the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting focused on the human side of oncology.

CHICAGO — Higher-intensity palliative care with more frequent symptom monitoring improved symptoms and quality of life for people with advanced cancer receiving phase 1 therapies, according to study results presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

Health care institutions and their staffs must take action to ensure bereavement care shifts from “an afterthought to a public health priority,” according to a position paper published in The Lancet Public Health.

As healers, we are most comfortable and confident when we can rely on the long-established armamentarium of countless medications created by the American pharmaceutical industry.

Oncologic treatment of adults with various metastatic or advanced solid tumors may not improve OS and could be detrimental to quality of life, according to findings published in JAMA Oncology.

AI could have the ability to answer some patient questions on cancer instead of clinicians, reducing clinician burdens and improving access to care, according to study results published in JAMA Oncology.

As part of routine screening for financial hardship, clinicians should discuss an individual’s employment, access to paid leave and health insurance coverage when constructing a treatment plan relating to cancer care.