Patients with end-stage cancer often receive chemotherapy, under the assumption that it will improve their quality of life or may even extend survival. However, new data suggest quite the opposite.

The research on important prognostic factors after LT has shown that, in addition to the size and number of tumors, the presence of vascular invasion and grade of histological differentiation are ...

Phase III Comparative Study of Vinorelbine Combined With Doxorubicin Versus Doxorubicin Alone in Disseminated Metastatic/Recurrent Breast Cancer: National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials ...

One hundred two women with advanced breast cancer, who were offered palliative chemotherapy, participated in a study-specific semistructured interview examining perceptions of the information they had ...

On World Cancer Day, the vital role of palliative care in supporting cancer patients and their families is explored, ...

Treatment for stomach cancer can depend on the specific location of the cancer and how far it has spread. Options can include surgery, chemotherapy, targeted drugs, immunotherapy, radiation therapy, ...

A routine blood test can predict how long cancer patients in palliative care will survive, researchers report at the ESMO Asia 2016 Congress in Singapore. "Cancer patients in palliative care want ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Palliative care use increased between 2004 and 2020. Compared with white patients, the use of palliative care ...

If your doctor has recommended chemotherapy as part of your cancer treatment, you might be nervous. Maybe you have had a family member who found the treatment grueling or a friend who experienced ...

World Cancer Day acts as a reminder to us every year that cancer is not merely a health condition. It is a life-transforming experience which leaves a lot of impacts on patients and families, as well ...

Cancer medicine has changed dramatically in the last few years, and chemotherapy too has changed with it. Public perception, however, remains stuck in the past. TheHealthSite.com ...