This patient case demonstrates the challenge of remotely communicating when a patient’s family confuses the medical meaning with the social meaning of the words used to explain the patient’s condition.
Investigators sought to determine the efficacy of using electronic PRO systems to monitor and manage symptoms in patients with advanced and metastatic cancer.
Survey revealed health-promoting behaviors among informal cancer caregivers and how becoming a caregiver influences self-care practices.
Researchers describe the experiences of a telemedicine-based palliative care clinic at a large academic cancer center.
A survey of patients revealed where patients get their information from and their preferred level of involvement in decision making.
A review of data from NHANES revealed some surprising findings regarding the quality of cancer survivors’ diet compared with their perceptions of it.
Gratitude and its ability to improve coping skills in patients with cancer are explained, as well as exercises for practicing it.
Study reveals the impact of financial distress and its association with impairments identified through geriatric assessment.
“It would be so much easier if he wasn’t able to make his own decisions.” This showstopper statement was made by the wife of a dying man. That morning Dan told our team he didn’t want to go back on the ventilator no matter what anyone said. “One time is enough. My cancer is going…
A secondary analysis of data from a randomized study evaluated efficacy of evidence-informed symptom guides in nurse-led telephone encounters to manage symptoms in patients initiating chemotherapy.
