Uncertainty persists about the value of palliative radiation, particularly longer regimens, among patients with high-grade gliomas. To address the uncertainty, investigators administered quality of ...

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) recently published an updated clinical guideline that underscores the safety and effectiveness of palliative radiation therapy (RT) for treating ...

Supportive care should be implemented promptly after patients receive CAR-T cell therapy, but as one expert notes, patients with cancer are often referred for this care too late. Early integration of ...

December 29, 2011 — Combining early palliative care with standard care can help optimize the timing of final chemotherapy administration and transition to hospice services. Overall, this resulted in ...

Using previously taken diagnostic computed tomography (CT) scans in place of CT simulation scans to plan simple palliative radiation treatments can substantially reduce the time some people spend ...

MPS Art Therapy presents a lecture on palliative care, a rapidly growing field of medicine that is particularly well-suited for collaboration with art therapists. In this virtual presentation, Ian ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Rochester Regional Health is now offering music therapy to patients with serious and complicated health issues to help manage their stress and pain. Kim Best, a music therapist, ...

Outcomes of definitive chemoradiation for squamous cell carcinoma of the anus and the effect of radiation technique on hematologic parameters. Background: In contrast to trials investigating treatment ...

UAB Department of Surgery Assistant Professor Kimberly Kopecky, M.D., MSCI, has been nominated as an official UAB Center of Palliative and Supportive Care (CPSC) Scholar member. Kopecky received her ...

Tobias Loetscher received funding from the Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation for this project. Gregory Crawford has received funding from the NHMRC, the MRFF and Cancer Australia. People ...