Aggressive Cancer Treatment at End of Life Does Not Extend Survival

Aggressive treatment to terminally ill advanced cancer patients did not increase their lifespan, a recent study found. Researchers from the Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Connecticut, and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston conducted the study, which appeared in JAMA Oncology. They found no significant differences in the length of […]

Access to Transfusion Services Could Lead More Patients to Choose Hospice

Recent research found that improved access to blood transfusions could lead more patients to elect hospice. Researchers indicated that the prospect of losing access to transfusions is causing some patients and families to forego hospice, particularly those with blood cancers. Incorporating palliative transfusion into delivery models could bolster hospice utilization and improve end-of-life care for […]