If you have cancer, you might benefit from palliative care — a type of treatment that focuses on improving quality of life. This type of supportive care is considered a whole-body approach. It ...

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 ...

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, ...

Surgery and chemotherapy together improved survival in GIST patients with liver metastases, increasing median cancer-specific ...

In this issue of Journal of Clinical Oncology, Follwell et al 1 report on a phase II study of an outpatient palliative care clinic (OPCC) for patients with metastatic cancer. Primary outcomes were ...

When you or a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, it is normal to be overwhelmed by thoughts of prognosis, treatments, and potential complications. Patients wonder how their lives are going to change ...

In 2018, Ruth Hill got out of bed one morning and felt her spine literally break. The 53-year-old collapsed to the floor. “I knew something catastrophic had happened,” Ruth says. She soon learned six ...

Palliative care, a type of healthcare for patients with life-threatening diseases, focuses on improving quality of life and managing pain. Unlike healthcare professionals who treat diseases or ...

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre has embedded palliative care as a core component of its oncology services, recognizing its role in addressing the complex physical, psychological, and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The specialist intervention failed to produce significant improvements in quality-of-life scores or OS. Early ...