Patient Advocates Angus Pratt and Terri Ann DiJulio explore the key role that the medical community plays in helping patients and families understand the importance of palliative care. Read more
In part 3 of our series on palliative and supportive care, Prof. Sun-Hyun Kim discusses the need for non-Western perspectives in recommendations for advanced care planning. Read more
Wrapping up our series on palliative and supportive care, Dr. Chih-Yuan Shih of National Taiwan University Hospital shares how protecting patients’ rights coupled with home-based palliative care improve end-of-life care. Read more
In part 2 of our series on palliative care, expert Dr. Yoshihisa Matsumoto explains why general guides cannot replace therapeutic planning based on careful assessment of an individual patient’s pain. Read more
Patient Perspective: We honor those we’ve lost by continuing their advocacy work, patient advocate Angus Pratt says. Read more
In August 2010, Dr. Jennifer Temel and her colleagues1 reported in the New England Journal of Medicine that patients who received early palliative care integrated with standard oncologic care from […] Read more
Mario Lacouture, MD, is director of the Oncodermatology Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and specializes in the dermatologic side effects of cancer treatment. He is the founder of the SERIES (Skin and Eye Reactions to Inhibitors of EGFR and kinases) Clinic, an interdisciplinary program bringing together pat... Read more
Veterans Health Administration’s Lung Precision Oncology Program Helps Individualize Treatment
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Lung cancer is not only the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, with nearly 229,000 people diagnosed annually, but is also the deadliest cancer affecting patients of […] Read more
Management of Breathlessness in Lung Cancer Post-Surgery: An Interview With U.S. and U.K. Nurses
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Breathlessness or shortness of breath (SOB) can be a short-term or long-term side effect after surgery, particularly lobectomy, for patients with NSCLC. There is good evidence now to support use […] Read more
A middle-aged woman walks into the clinic using her right hand to hold her shirt away from her chest. “Even just my shirt brushing against my skin hurts,” she says […] Read more