Among 200 eligible patients with a life expectancy of 6 months or less, access to palliative blood transfusions was of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of aggressive end-of-life cancer treatment has not changed over the past decade. Physician and institutional ...

Patients who receive aggressive anti-cancer treatments near the end of life are more likely to end up in the emergency department and less likely to elect hospice, according to a new study published ...

Clinicians are essential to dying patients. They can allay fears, minimize pain and suffering, and help patients and their ...

A recent retrospective study found that earlier outpatient palliative care referrals for patients with advanced cancer were associated with a small increase in overall emergency department (ED) visits ...

Lorazepam and other benzodiazepines are typically avoided when managing end-of-life agitated delirium in patients with cancer because these drugs can precipitate, even worsen, delirium. But a new ...

Reply to: From Discussion to Direction: Tumor Boards Need Clinical Editorial Leadership Identification of patients at risk and providing supportive interventions with the goal of reducing hospital ...

Benefit of Chemoradiotherapy Versus Chemotherapy After Induction Therapy for Conversion of Unresectable Into Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: The Randomized CONKO-007 Trial We analyzed Canadian Ontario ...

Bill narrowly passes Senate amid opposition from religious groups, diversity rights advocates and medical associations ...

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