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This case explores decision-making support for a man with autism spectrum disorder and prostate cancer, emphasizing tailored communication strategies in serious illness care.
A randomized trial found no significant benefit of early specialist palliative care on end-of-life outcomes among patients undergoing curative abdominal cancer surgery, suggesting tailored rather than routine involvement.
This review synthesizes evidence identifying critical programmatic factors, relational dynamics, and interventions enhancing hospice transitions in cancer palliative care, emphasizing collaborative oncology-palliative care relationships and
This multi-institutional qualitative study explores specialty palliative care clinicians’ perspectives on optimizing their role in the ICU, highlighting strategic consultation timing, shared understanding with intensivists, and embedd
A surgeon-led outpatient palliative care clinic for head and neck cancer patients demonstrated significant symptom improvement, prolonged survival, and high rates of home or hospice deaths, underscoring its value in multidisciplinary cancer
Palliative care in emergency medicine is a vital approach focused on early needs recognition, compassionate communication during uncertainty, and sustained clinical presence to aid decision-making and improve patient and family support.
This article explores how palliative care clinicians actively use their emotions during end-of-life consultations to build meaningful connections with patients and families, highlighting a three-phase process informed by a social constructi
A major 2026 cluster randomized trial shows that palliative care delivered by trained hepatologists is noninferior to specialist palliative care for improving quality of life in end-stage liver disease, supporting scalable integrated models
A large European survey found major regional and cultural differences in how clinicians approach ECLS withdrawal, with limited access to ethics and palliative care support in many institutions.
A large Ontario population study found that people with multiple sclerosis received palliative care at rates similar to other decedents, yet rural inequities and frequent hospital death persisted, highlighting the need for earlier neuropall
This cohort study highlights the underutilization of timely palliative care in adolescent and young adult cancer patients opting for MAID, with significant symptom burden and complex psychosocial factors influencing end-of-life decisions.
A large-scale study of 390,000 hospitalizations reveals that while racial concordance modestly increases advance care planning (ACP) discussions, physician race and systemic quality initiatives play significant, nuanced roles in end-of-life
The EMPATICC trial explored heart failure therapy for patients with advanced cancer in palliative care. While it did not meet its primary endpoint for self-care ability due to high mortality, survivors showed improved cardiac biomarkers and
A qualitative study published in JAMA Network Open identifies how limited cultural capital, cancer-related stigma, and economic deprivation form a self-reinforcing cycle that excludes low-income patients from hospice care, highlighting the
A prospective cohort study demonstrates that a structured shared decision-making (SOP) model significantly increases the utilization of multidisciplinary palliative care services for patients with stage IV oral cavity cancer, bridging the g
Early palliative care may reduce healthcare costs in head and neck cancer patients using tracheostomy or gastrostomy tubes but does not lessen aggressive hospital care or promote home deaths at the end of life.
This review synthesizes evidence on the timing of palliative care and the use of tracheostomy/gastrostomy tubes in head and neck cancer patients, highlighting their impact on end-of-life costs, quality, and care settings.
A randomized trial (ENDURO) found endoscopic ultrasound‑guided gastroenterostomy (EUS‑GE) enabled earlier resumption of solid food and was non‑inferior to surgical gastrojejunostomy for recurrent obstruction, supporting EUS‑GE as preferred
The MePFAC trial demonstrates that methylphenidate is safe but does not significantly reduce fatigue compared to placebo in advanced cancer patients receiving palliative care, challenging previous assumptions about its efficacy.
Inpatient palliative care during hematopoietic stem cell transplantation improves patients’ quality of life, reduces depression and PTSD symptoms, and offers sustained psychological benefits up to six months post-transplant.
