Background Dyspnoea is a prevalent, debilitating symptom in advanced life-limiting illnesses. While opioids and non-pharmacological measures remain foundational, refractory breathlessness presents a ...

Objectives Virtual health has the potential to improve access to supportive oncology and improve operational performance; ...

Objective Minimal clinically important differences (MCIDs) are used in palliative care trials to guide sample size ...

Correspondence to Koji Amano, Department of Palliative Medicine, Palliative Care Team, Osaka City General Hospital, 2-13-22 Miyakojima-hondori, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka 534-0021, Japan; ...

Psoas muscle indices, visceral fat distribution, inflammatory markers and 90-day mortality in palliative medicine: retrospective cohort study ...

3 Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Unit, UCL Mental Health Sciences Unit, London, UK 4 Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Park Royal Centre for ...

Introduction Multiple studies have questioned the benefit of neutropenic diets in decreasing infections in patients with cancer, but recent surveys showed that such diets are still prescribed. In this ...

Objectives To propose an integrative clinical–biological hypothesis whereby progressive functional deterioration in advanced cancer constitutes the final common pathway of systemic decline, driven by ...

Background Delirium and agitation are common and distressing in the last days of life. In specialist palliative care practice, descriptions such as ‘terminal agitation’ appear to be used more commonly ...

Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the quality of life of caregivers of cancer patients admitted to the Medical Oncology Department of Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine and to identify the ...

Background Nutritional support (NS) offered through oral nutritional supplements (ONS) or enteral nutrition (EN) and its impact on quality of life (QoL) is a controversial topic in patients with ...

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is a cornerstone of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).1 With <5 years remaining until the SDGs’ 2030 deadline, global health is at a critical juncture. While the ...