Palliative Care News

Palliative care significantly improved quality of life among patients hospitalized for bone marrow transplant, according to results of a multicenter randomized trial.

More than one-third of patients and one-fourth of patient caregivers favor focusing on symptom management of advanced cancers over life extension, according to study findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Calcium and vitamin D supplementation decreased cancer mortality among postmenopausal women after more than 2 decades of follow-up but increased CVD mortality, researchers found.

As the broader health care field strives to identify and address health care disparities, a commentary published in The Lancet Oncology underscored the importance of eliminating ableism from cancer care.

Patients with gastrointestinal cancers face ongoing racial/ethnicity-based disparities in end-of-life pain management, specifically in terms of access to and utilization of opioids, study results showed.

Psilocybin significantly reduced depression symptoms in patients with cancer, results from a phase 2 study published in Cancer showed.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with lymphoma who receive palliative care incur significantly lower total hospitalization charges than patients who do not, according to study findings presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Despite both patients and oncologists approving of complementary and integrative therapies as part of cancer management, a survey identified a disconnect between oncologists’ perception of patient interest and actual attitudes.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Laura Petrillo, MD, about navigating patients through changes and goals in palliative care, understanding patients living with and surviving advanced cancer and more.

President Joe Biden today announced his intention to appoint oncologist, researcher and educator, W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, as director of the NCI.