Hospice and palliative care differ based on who qualifies. The timing of diagnosis and prognosis also matters. Learn about ...

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Imagine needing no surgeries, experiencing none of the side-effects that come with chemotherapy or radiation, and being able to have a healthy baby afterwards — this was the experience of patients ...

Select patients with breast cancer who experience pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant systemic therapy and undergo radiotherapy may be able to forego breast surgery, according to study results ...

Palliative radiotherapy involves complex decision making ... or could a delayed approach improve long-term quality of life by consolidating responses to chemotherapy? Can we predict which patients ...

“Immunotherapy” means the drug works to help your immune system fight cancer. Opdivo is not chemotherapy, but it may be given with chemotherapy in some cases. Opdivo’s mechanism of action ...

Tragic End to a Fairytale: The Case I Wish I Could Rewrite A patient of mine who had Parkinson's disease and depression called me at home. She needed a next-day appointment. I made her one. But I ...

Chemotherapy uses anti cancer (cytotoxic) drugs to destroy cancer cells. The drugs circulate throughout the body in the bloodstream. This page is about cancer that starts in your bone (primary bone ...

In an acute palliative care setting, intensive and comprehensive opioid management was effective for pain control without increasing doses among patients with advanced cancer. Individualized ...

A virtual reality intervention administered during chemotherapy infusion yielded statistically significant reductions in stress, pain and heart rate among patients, according to a study published ...