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How one doctor became a pioneer in quality of life research for people with cancer

A tireless advocate for palliative care in cancer treatment uses the principles of Buddhism to better listen to people with cancer.

These organizations provide latest treatment options, emotional support for patients and caregivers, access to care and financial support.

Black families are less likely than white ones to use a hospice service. This Nashville-based agency aims to change that.

A look back at some of the most important science and treatment news Cancer Health covered this year.

Palliative care offers symptom relief for people with serious illness, whether life-threatening or curable, early-stage or advanced.

Rabbi Mackenzie Zev Reynolds is a palliative care chaplain at Mount Sinai in New York City.

“Health is about more than the individual. It’s something that people do together.”

Breathing and pain management have gotten better since I last wrote, so now I can come up for air and write with a little more hope.

A large number of cancer survivors still suffer from significant health issues years after being declared disease-free.

Doctors are often reluctant to bring up advance care planning for people with advanced cancer, but doing so may increase optimism.

Palliative care can improve outcomes and quality of life for patients with cancer.

Cancer patients who began palliative care earlier were more likely to receive supportive home care in the last month of their lives.

Effort aims to help dying patients gain legal access to psilocybin — the mind-altering compound found in so-called magic mushrooms.

“It appears that oncologists are not prescribing opioids as much as they did previously."

Starting palliative interventions at the onset of hospitalization for chemotherapy greatly improves quality of life.