Background Decisional regret (DR) is an important patient-reported outcome, reflecting patients’ retrospective evaluation of ...

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

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; ...

Objectives Cancer cachexia (CC) reduces treatment efficacy, quality of life and survival. However, few contemporary data quantify its prevalence or impact on death. This study assessed cachexia ...

Objectives Rehabilitation in patients with terminal cancer plays an essential role in maintaining quality of life. However, limited consensus exists regarding rehabilitation in the palliative care ...

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Objectives To investigate the efficacy and safety of sodium channel blocker (SCB) rotation and/or combined use for neuropathic pain where the initial SCB is ineffective or poorly tolerated. Methods A ...

Objectives To investigate public views about doctors as a point of access to voluntary-assisted dying (VAD), this study used a cross-sectional online survey with a quota-based sample of Queensland ...

Corticosteroids are sometimes used in inoperable malignant bowel obstruction (MBO) despite limited evidence. The main randomised evidence comes from an old Cochrane review totalling 89 patients ...

Objectives We evaluated rapid drug desensitisation (RDD) protocols at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) to determine completion rates and characterise hypersensitivity reaction (HSR) ...

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 ...