Objectives To analyse patient-reported concerns regarding palliative chemotherapy using text mining and to identify how these concerns evolve according to treatment phase and patient characteristics.

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

1 King's College London, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, Cicely Saunders Institute, London, UK 2 Palliative Care Team, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, London, UK ...

Correspondence to Professor Marilene Filbet, Palliative care, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon 69008, France; marilene.filbet{at}chu-lyon.fr Objectives To evaluate the influence of art therapy in ...

Correspondence to Dr Agnes van der Heide, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam 3015 GD, The Netherlands; a.vanderheide{at}erasmusmc.nl Objectives At the end of life oral fluid intake is often reduced.

Objectives Clinical guidelines, including the WHO analgesic ladder, advocate paracetamol in conjunction with strong opioids for moderate to severe cancer pain despite a lack of evidence for its ...

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 ...

Introduction Bone metastases (BMs) are a major cause of cancer-related pain. Palliative radiotherapy is effective for controlling these symptoms, but up to 40% of patients experience transient ...

Aim This study aimed to clarify the end-of-life care among inpatients with schizophrenia, using a national claims database. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study of inpatients aged 20 ...

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 Subcutaneous (SC) administration is the preferred parenteral opioid route in palliative care, while intravenous infusion may allow faster titration. Comparative evidence remains limited.

Objectives An understated disruption to health services from the COVID-19 pandemic was the increase in deaths occurring outside a hospital. Measures to monitor end-of-life care focused on community ...