ReviewCurrent oncology reports2021
Global Perspectives on Palliative Care for Cancer Patients: Not All Countries Are the Same.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.
- Needs and health-related quality of life domains relevant to people in Europe with advanced cancer in need of palliative care: a systematic review of qualitative research.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy of Virtual Reality in Managing Pain for Patients in Palliative Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2026Pooled it
- Palliative care utilisation globally by cancer patients: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2025Pooled it
- Strategies for Implementing Palliative Care Services for Cancer Patients in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingPooled it
- Strategies to promote the dissemination of psychosocial digital health resources for those affected by cancer: scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Cultural, religious, and demographic factors shaping Arab healthcare providers' decisions on referring Arab patients to palliative care in Israel: a qualitative study.BMC medical ethics · 2026Article
- Establishment of Integrated Hospital-Based Supportive and Palliative Services: An Experience from Iran.International journal of hematology-oncology and stem cell research · 2026Review
- A Program to Improve General Palliative Cancer Care Guideline Implementation: Development, Acceptability, and Feasibility of Implementation Strategies.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2025Article
- Bangkok declarations on cancer control in Asia.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Review
- Understanding the Influence of Culture on End-of-Life, Palliative, and Hospice Care: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Patient-Centered Care for Adolescents and Young Adults with an Uncertain or Poor Cancer Prognosis: A Secondary Analysis of What Is Needed According to Patients, Caregivers, and Healthcare Providers.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Article
- Increasing Access to Palliative Care in Cameroon: Progress, Gaps, and Recommendations.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Review
- Exploring factors and trends in place of death by cancer: a population-based study in Brazil.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2024Article
- Remote Symptom Monitoring to Enhance the Delivery of Palliative Cancer Care in Low-Resource Settings: Emerging Approaches from Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Racial disparities in cancer care, an eyeopener for developing better global cancer management strategies.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2023Review
- Improving palliative care outcomes in remote and rural areas of LMICs through family caregivers: lessons from Kazakhstan.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Providers' Competencies and Management Practices for Traditional Palliative Cancer Care Service Delivery in Kenya.Health services insights · 2023Article
- When to initiate early palliative care? Challenges faced by healthcare providers.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- The Relationship Between Religious Orientation and Death Anxiety in Iranian Muslim Patients with Cancer: The Mediating Role of Hope.Journal of religion and health · 2022Article
- Palliative care for patients with glioma: A recent scientometric analysis of the Web of Science in 2022.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
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Abstract
purpose of the reviewThe integration of cancer-related palliative care is essential to holistic, quality cancer care. While some similarities exist between countries, this manuscript will focus on five differences that impact palliative care for cancer patients including the epidemiology of cancer and related symptoms, cancer-specific integration into care, palliative care education, economic development of the country, and cultural and religious differences. RECENT
findingsThe epidemiology of cancer varies around the world resulting in variable symptoms and the need for individualized approaches to palliative care. While palliative care is integrated in some countries, it is lacking in over half of the world, and specific integration into cancer care is virtually absent. Education and training are the key to expansion, and yet oncology-focused palliative care education is lacking or is not well-reported in the literature. To complicate this global lens even further are the economic disparities that exist. Low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs) are resource poor and have the fewest resources and least amount of integration, and yet patients with advanced cancer are over-represented in these countries. Essential to cancer-related palliative care is a tailored approach that addresses cultural and religious differences around the globe. Palliative care is developing around the globe and yet palliative care specific for cancer patients is in its infancy. Cancer care professionals should (1) understand the epidemiologic differences that exist globally and the impact this has on palliative care, (2) integrate palliative care into the cancer care arena, (3) provide cancer-specific palliative education focused on the cancer trajectory from diagnosis through survivorship and end of life, (4) advocate for LMICs, which suffer from a lack of resources and services, and (5) understand cultural and religious differences that exist to provide holistic and sensitive cancer-related palliative care.
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