Introduction Geriatric oncology underscores the significance of assessing functional age in guiding medical decisions, endeavouring to delineate practical and efficacious methodologies for evaluating ...

Objectives To examine the effects of nurse-led interventions on the health-related quality of life, symptom burden and self-management/behavioural outcomes in women ...

Objectives Palliative care providers may be exposed to numerous detrimental psychological and existential challenges. Ethical issues in the healthcare arena are subject to continual debate, being ...

Objectives Despite rapid expansion of treatments for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and the importance of symptom management for enhancing quality of life, few studies have ...

Correspondence to Mark Taubert, Honorary Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Velindre University NHS Trust and Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, Caerdydd CF14 2TL, UK; ...

Objectives This study evaluated the analgesic efficacy and safety of CT-guided iodine-125 (125 I) brachytherapy in patients with spinal metastasis-induced pain who were not suitable to receive ...

Introduction Palliative care is an important aspect of gynaecological oncology practice. In order to successfully integrate end-of-life (EOL) care in the disease trajectory, it is crucial to ...

Background Steroids are frequently prescribed in palliative care for many different indications. However, use of steroids can also lead to side effects which can negatively affect the well-being of ...