Palliative Care News

Healio has launched a new special report on medical cannabis that summarizes the current scientific research and incorporates expert opinion.

CHICAGO — During her fellowship as a palliative care physician, Sunita Puri, MD, met a patient who taught her that healing is possible even when cure is not.

Broader accessibility to and use of cannabis and cannabinoids has created formidable challenges for clinicians who treat people with cancer.

Discussion about lung cancer research breakthroughs dominated the social media conversation among health care professionals during this year’s ASCO Annual Meeting.

In this episode of Meeting Mic, we bring you pearls and perspectives from the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting, as well as Healio’s top headlines from the meeting.

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.