Palliation

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Questions discussed in this category


There was a recall on viscous lidocaine and many of our patients cannot find it. What would you recommend as alternatives?

How do you counsel patients and caregivers? Do you prescribe medications (''appetite stimulants'') with the goal to improve appetite even if they do n...

If a patient has a large femoral metastasis that cannot be resected, but is to be stabilized with ORIF which will push tumor into the distal end of th...

Obviously, patient and caregiver preferences are paramount. But, what factors do you consider? Does expanded hospice (e.g., Medicare Care Choices) inf...

Is there specific workup you perform? Are there preventive measures? Once established, are there non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatments yo...


Papers discussed in this category


The New England journal of medicine, 2016-07-14

Practical radiation oncology, 2021 Sep-Oct

Palliative medicine, 2022 Mar 31

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2023 Mar 28

Practical radiation oncology, 2015

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2011-10

Journal of oncology practice, 2019-01

Support Care Cancer, 2021 Aug 16

Journal of palliative medicine, 2012-11

Nature reviews. Clinical oncology, 2016-03

JAMA, 2019 Apr 16

Head Neck, 2016 Mar 29

The Lancet. Oncology, 2017-05