Palliative Care

For more than 2 decades, nephrologists and patients have recognized the key role nephrology advanced practice providers have played in the care of patients with chronic kidney disease.

Incorporating palliative care into a hematology/oncology fellowship improve fellows’ knowledge and confidence providing these services, according to research presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

SAN DIEGO — Six months before dying, patients with COPD and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis vs. lung cancer had reduced odds for outpatient palliative care, according to a poster at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

CHICAGO — Individuals with advanced cancer who received a two-component medical cannabis oil reported improvement in cancer-related pain, results from a randomized study showed.

Patients receiving infectious diseases consultation over the past decade were increasingly complex, generally sicker and more likely to die soon after a consultation was performed.

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.

In this video, Christine McMahon, MD, discusses the results of a randomized trial of a care model for patients with acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome, presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

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.