Palliative Care News

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is a potentially debilitating, often persistent adverse event associated with taxane-based chemotherapy.

Palliative care use remained significantly low between 2004 and 2020 among certain racial and ethnic minority patients with metastatic breast cancer, according to study results.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Mettle Health’s Claritza Rios, MD and Bridget Sumser, SW about misconceptions surrounding palliative care, communication training as self-care for physicians and more.

Researchers have identified consensus-based guidance on managing opioid use for cancer-associated pain among patients who use nonmedical stimulants, according to study results published in Cancer.

Recruitment is underway for a small study focused on the ability of psilocybin to reduce anxiety among individuals with metastatic cancer.

Medical cannabis can safely help alleviate cancer-related pain while reducing the medication burden for patients with cancer, according to a study published in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.

Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act appeared associated with an increase in use of palliative care by individuals with newly diagnosed stage IV cancers, according to data published in Health Affairs.

Patients with cancer who took part in advance care planning tended to have less aggressive and more comfort-based end-of-life care than those who did not, according to a study conducted by researchers at Regenstrief Institute.

CHICAGO — During ASCO Annual Meeting, Healio honored our Healio Disruptive Innovators in hematology/oncology in our second annual award ceremony.

Bereaved parents prioritized satisfactory symptom management above all other aspects of end-of-life care for their children who died of cancer, study results showed.