A first-of-its-kind intervention integrating palliative care early in the course of cancer therapy for patients with advanced acute myeloid leukemia […]
Site of care may affect patients’ access to palliative treatment
For patients at the end of life, palliative care can prolong survival and improve the quality of life for patients […]
‘Fighting’ cancer may detract men from palliative care
Men with advanced cancer are 30 percent less likely than women to consider palliative care, according to a University of […]
Use of palliative care, oxygen therapy increasing for COPD
(HealthDay)—For patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the use of formal palliative care services and long-term oxygen therapy […]