Objective Huachansu, a Chinese medicine derived from the dried skin glands of toad venom, has been used in China since the 1970s to treat liver cancer. Transarterial chemoembolisation (TACE) is the ...

Purpose Malnutrition severely impacts tolerance to anticancer therapies, but any relationship with overall survival (OS) at the time of solid tumour diagnosis in outpatients in the USA remains unclear ...

Chronic breathlessness is a disabling and distressing condition for which there is a growing evidence base for a range of interventions. Non-pharmacological interventions are the mainstay of ...

Background Health services must meet the needs of patients and their families. The Outcome Assessment and Complexity Collaborative (OACC) collated a suite of measures to capture and demonstrate this ...

Correspondence to Dr Christine Miaskowski, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; chris.miaskowski{at}nursing.ucsf.edu Objectives Improved understanding of the stability ...

Background Parenteral nutrition (PN) and palliative venting gastrostomies (PVG) are two interventions used clinically to manage inoperable malignant bowel obstruction (MBO); however, little is known ...

Correspondence to Dr Margred Capel, George Thomas Hospice Care, Ty George Thomas, Whitchurch hospital Grounds, Park Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff CF14 7BQ, UK; Margred.capel{at}gthc.org.uk Objectives The ...

Objectives We aimed to explore the association between receiving an inpatient palliative care consultation and hospital outcomes, including in-hospital death, intensive care unit (ICU) use, discharge ...

Introduction Duloxetine has previously been reported to be promising in the setting of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). The aim of this study was to conduct a comprehensive ...

Background Antimicrobial stewardship is a global health issue. Antibiotic resistance is the subject of a 2024–2029 UK government national action plan (Department of Health and Social Care, UK Health ...

Several of the palliative medications given subcutaneously are alkaline, including dexamethasone, esomeprazole, parecoxib, sodium valproate and tranexamic acid (alkaline, despite its name). Because pH ...

Background Vulnerable populations are highlighted across Australian national palliative care (PC) and end-of-life care (EOLC) documents to increase care equity and inclusivity; however, there are ...