ASCO strongly endorses the integration of palliative care (PC) to improve outcomes and support patients in their cancer trajectories. Developing core PC skills for trainees is essential, with few ...

When planning for palliative radiotherapy, clinicians can forgo an additional CT scan on the same day as treatment and instead use a recent diagnostic CT scan, according to a results from a randomized ...

I’m called into the ICU as a Palliative Care specialist, ask who the patient is and what matters most, and afterward a family member pulls me aside to say, “No one has ever had this conversation with ...

When you’re seriously ill, you have to manage not just your medical condition but physical, emotional, and practical matters as well. You may be in pain or too tired to get through the day. You and ...

Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of people with serious or life-altering illnesses. Each person’s care varies but can involve physical, psychological, and educational elements.

Palliative care is the interdisciplinary specialty focused on improving quality of life for persons with serious illness and their families. Over the past decade, 1 the field has undergone substantial ...