Patients with kidney cancer who want more support during treatment can consider palliative care, whether it’s for symptoms or discussing goals and values. For patients with kidney cancer, ...

Palliative care is a whole-person approach to care that includes managing symptoms and side effects, psychosocial health, and spiritual concerns, for an overall improved quality of life. Palliative ...

CHICAGO — Comfort can be delivered to patients with advanced cancer virtually just as well as in person, according to a new study presented on Sunday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology ...

For many people with cancer and other serious diseases, palliative care is an important element of their journey.

Reviewed by Eleonora Teplinsky, MD, Head of Breast Medical Oncology at Valley Health System in Paramus, New Jersey, Clinical Assistant Professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York ...

A doctor explains how oncology palliative care can be lifesaving for patients with cancer. The theme of the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology, “Comfort to Cure,” has ...

Of course being diagnosed with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) feels overwhelming. Between juggling treatments, managing symptoms and side effects, and dealing with the anxiety of a ...

When Vandana Gupta was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1993, she realised the treatment process of cancer can be ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Quality-of-life scores did not differ for patients who had early palliative care via telehealth compared with in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Individuals with pancreatic cancer underutilized palliative care and mental health services, according to a ...

People with cancer suffer from an array of symptoms at all stages of the disease (and its treatment), though these are most frequent and severe in advanced stages. Much of the suffering could be ...

Patients who received narrative-based palliative care also reported better quality of life, improved sleep quality, and greater acceptance of death compared with patients receiving routine care. These ...