Palliative Care and Supportive Medicine in Cancer
A special issue of Current Oncology (ISSN 1718-7729). This special issue belongs to the section "Palliative and Supportive Care".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 18944
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cancer care systems in Canada and elsewhere have made commendable strides in integrating supportive care into cancer treatment and instating palliative care as a right of the dying. Supportive care and palliative care reside on a continuum to maintain quality of life, from the sequelae of cancer treatment through to and beyond the advancement of disease. However, too often, the transition from the supportive care pathway to that of palliative care is not initiated until weeks or days before death, if at all. This delay can lead patients to a veritable cul-de-sac with needless symptom burden and opportunities missed to prepare the individual and their family. The cultural shift needs to continue in accepting that supportive care will evolve into a palliative approach to care, and that this p-word does not mean end-of-life.
This Special Issue will feature original research, reviews, and novel case reports that move the knowledge base forward towards realizing smoother transitions for patients in supportive and palliative care. This includes illuminating the challenges facing cancer patients and providers in initiating these transitions and offering practical solutions. Studies examining innovations in care delivery and education for introducing supportive palliative care earlier in the disease trajectory and better integrating primary care will also be highlighted.
Dr. Daryl Bainbridge
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cancer care transitions
- early palliative care
- supportive care
- quality of life
- risk stratification
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