ReviewCurrent treatment options in oncology2020
How Effective Is Palliative Care in Improving Patient Outcomes?
Review in Current treatment options in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Embedding a Palliative Care Nurse Consultant Within a General Medicine Ward: A Prospective Exploratory Study.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Article
- A pharmacoeconomic evaluation of aprepitant injection versus aprepitant capsules for the prevention of CINV caused by moderately and highly emetogenic chemotherapy.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Construction and verification of reliability and validity of the communication skill assessment scale in cancer palliative care for healthcare staff.World journal of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- Education and Symptom Reporting in an mHealth App for Patients With Cancer: Mixed Methods Development and Validation Study.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- Determining the cut-off value for the Minimal Documentation System (MIDOS2) screening tool to initiate specialized palliative care based on patient's subjective need for palliative support and symptom burden in inpatients with advanced cancer.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2024Article
- Role of Palliative Care in the Supportive Management of AL Amyloidosis-A Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Incidence of advanced chronic disease, need for palliative care and in-hospital mortalityRevista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2024Observational
- Perceptions of palliative care in Huntington's disease: A qualitative study.Parkinsonism & related disorders · 2024Article
- Using normalization process theory to evaluate the use of patient-centred outcome measures in specialist palliative home care-a qualitative interview study.BMC palliative care · 2024Article
- Asian American Medicare Beneficiaries Disproportionately Receive Invasive Mechanical Ventilation When Hospitalized at the End-of-Life.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Article
- Adaptation of the Australian Palliative Care Phase concept to the German palliative care context: a mixed-methods approach using cognitive interviews and cross-sectional data.BMC palliative care · 2021Article
- Implementing person-centred outcome measures in palliative care: An exploratory qualitative study using Normalisation Process Theory to understand processes and context.Palliative medicine · 2021Article
- Associations of Specialist Palliative Care and Advance Care Planning with End-of-Life Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Single-Center Retrospective Study in Spain.Palliative medicine reportsArticle
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Abstract
opinion statementAs palliative care (PC) continues its rapid growth, an emerging body of evidence is demonstrating that its approach of interdisciplinary supportive care benefits many patient populations, including in the oncology setting. As studies and data proliferate, however, questions persist about who, what, why, when, and how PC as well as the ideal time for a PC consult and length of involvement. When comparing outcomes from chemotherapy trials, it is important to consider the dosing regimens used in the various studies. In the same way, it is important to account for the "dose" of the PC interventions utilized across studies, and apples to apples comparisons are needed in order to draw accurate conclusions about PC's benefits. Studies which include a true interdisciplinary PC intervention consistently show improvements in patient quality of life, as well as cost savings, with further study needed for other outcomes. These benefits cannot be extrapolated to care which may be labeled "palliative care," but which does not meet the standard of true interdisciplinary PC. The ultimate question is: Does PC indeed improve outcomes?
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