Palliative Care News

Millions of cancer survivors in the United States have a below-average mental and physical health-related quality of life, according to study results.

As a palliative care physician and an internist, I watch with awe how my oncology colleagues manage intense practices while caring for a certain percentage of patients they know will die despite the medical team’s best efforts.

Researchers who conducted a randomized, phase 3 trial designed to evaluate pain management in a cohort of patients with cancer observed no difference between ketamine and placebo.

Patients with advanced-stage cancer may experience significance variation in pain intensity throughout the course of their disease, according to study results.

Pain management outcomes varied widely among nearly three dozen inpatient palliative care centers in Korea, according to results of a prospective study published in Cancer.

Cancer patients who exhibited symptoms of depression had significantly poorer survival than those who did not, according to study results.

A substantial number of adolescents and young adults with cancer do not receive sufficient psychological and social support, according to study results.

The most recent data from the CDC suggest 1.7 million health care-associated infections occurred in the United States in 2002.

Despite recent advances in pediatric oncology, approximately 25% of children diagnosed with cancer will die of their disease.

Pain management outcomes varied widely among nearly three dozen inpatient palliative care centers in Korea, according to results of a prospective study published in Cancer.