Vol 12, No 6 (November 30, 2023): Annals of Palliative Medicine

Message From the Editor-in-Chief | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Focus on oncology: the role of palliative radiation therapy in patients with pancreatic cancer
Charles B. Simone II

Original Article | Symptom Management in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

A randomized trial to evaluate the preventive effect of lafutidine on chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients treated with carboplatin and paclitaxel for lung cancer
Katsuya Cho, Hirotaka Saikawa, Tatsuya Hashimoto, Hiroshi Katagiri, Yoshihiro Owada, Kazuhiro Yakuwa, Itaru Fujimura, Yu Utsumi, Masachika Akiyama, Hiromi Nagashima, Fumiaki Takahashi, Makoto Maemondo
Impact of mandated drug monitoring on opioid use during highly conformal radiotherapy for oropharynx cancer
Jayden Gracie, Adam L. Holtzman, Roi Dagan, Curtis M. Bryant, Christopher G. Morris, William M. Mendenhall

Original Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Palliative whole brain radiation therapy: an international state of practice
Emily Keit, Shing Fung Lee, Melissa Woodward, Agata Rembielak, Kevin Shiue, Isacco Desideri, Eva Oldenburger, Maya Bienz, Dirk Rades, Marilena Theodorou, Mervin B. Agyeman, Joel Yarney, John Michael Bryant, Hsiang-Hsuan Michael Yu, Charles B. Simone II, Peter Hoskin, Peter A. S. Johnstone
Treatment modalities to manage hepatocellular carcinoma patients with portal vein thrombosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Brandon Liu, Natalie Grindrod, Brandon M. Meyers, Sarah Freiburger, Gabriel Boldt, Aleena Malik, Meghan P. Jairam, Mayur Brahmania, Leandro Cardarelli Leite, Charles B. Simone II, Ronald Chow, Michael Lock

Original Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Serious or Advanced Diseases

Cost-effectiveness of a specialist palliative care nurse-patient consultation followed by an interprofessional case conference for patients with non-oncological palliative care needs: results of the KOPAL trial
Sophie Gottschalk, Hans-Helmut König, Tina Mallon, Josefine Schulze, Jan Weber, Silke Böttcher, Uta Sekanina, Thomas Asendorf, Eva Hummers, Michael Freitag, Nils Schneider, Tim Friede, Friedemann Nauck, Martin Scherer, Gabriella Marx, Judith Dams

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

A systematic review of the use of the then-test for evaluating health-related quality of life in cancer patients
Emma McCurdy-Franks, Victoria McCarvell, Samuel Finkelstein, Lauren Milton, Tara Behroozian, Charles B. Simone II, Edward Chow, Joel Finkelstein

Review Article | Symptom Management in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Interventional pain management in cancer patients—a scoping review
Muhammad Hamza Habib, Mathias Schlögl, Shahzad Raza, Marcin Chwistek, Amitabh Gulati

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Latest clinical research in leptomeningeal disease (LMD)—a narrative review
Adrian Wai Chan, Henry C. Y. Wong, Martin Taphoorn, Linda Dirven, Emilie Le Rhun, Hany Soliman, Eva Oldenburger, Srinivas Raman, Vassilios Vassiliou, Pierluigi Bonomo, Michael Koller, Gustavo Nader Marta, Agata Rembielak, Shing Fung Lee, Edward Chow, Charles B. Simone II

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma: a narrative review assessing treatment options from the interventional radiologist’s perspective
Anish Narayanan, Andres Garza-Berlanga, Jorge Lopera
A narrative review of supportive and end of life care considerations in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
Irma N. Hashmi, Hannah M. Lee, Joel P. Wedd, Richard K. Sterling, Teri E. Dulong-Rae, J. Brian Cassel, John W. Cyrus, James J. Fletcher, Danielle M. Noreika
Management of autoimmune and viral hepatitis in immunotherapy: a narrative review
Lily Kuo, Saatchi Kuwelker, Eugenia Tsai
Hepatocellular carcinoma and sarcopenia: a narrative review
Stephanie Revoredo, Egidio Del Fabbro
Pivoting to telemedicine in a single-day multidisciplinary liver tumor clinic during COVID-19: the Texas Liver Tumor Center experience
Katherine S. Crow, Fred F. Poordad, Glenn A. Halff, Francisco G. Cigarroa, Eugenia Tsai, Irma V. Infante, Sukeshi Patel Arora
A critical appraisal of the four systematic reviews and meta-analysis on stereotactic body radiation therapy versus external beam radiotherapy for painful bone metastases and where we go from here
Henry C. Y. Wong, Adrian Wai Chan, Peter Johnstone, Charles B. Simone II, Inmaculada Navarro-Domenech, Peter Hoskin, Candice Johnstone, Abram Recht, Johan Menten, Yvette M. van der Linden, Joanne M. van der Velden, Quynh-Nhu Nguyen, Stephen Lutz, Nicolaus Andratschke, Jonas Wilmann, Joanna Kazmierska, Mateusz Spalek, Fiona Lim, H. Michael Yu, Brad Perez, Gustavo Nader Marta, Vassilios Vassiliou, Shing Fung Lee, Pierluigi Bonomo, Agata Rembielak, Edward Chow, Eva Oldenburger, Srinivas Raman
Proton therapy in the palliative setting
M. Judy Lubas, Patricia Mae G. Santos, Divya Yerramilli, Charles B. Simone II
Immunotherapy for advanced urothelial carcinoma (UC): rational and current evidence
Mario Uccello, Sola Adeleke, Michele Moschetta, Aruni Ghose, Stergios Boussios
Melanoma—the therapeutic considerations in the clinical practice
Sola Adeleke, Somto Okoli, Anojan Augustine, Joao Galante, Aayushi Agnihotri, Mario Uccello, Aruni Ghose, Michele Moschetta, Stergios Boussios

Review Article | Teamwork and Education in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

The integration of palliative care with oncology: the path ahead
Aydin Caglayan, Sarah Redmond, Supriya Rai, Rukhshana Dina Rabbani, Aruni Ghose, Elisabet Sanchez, Matin Sheriff, Joanna Carrim, Stergios Boussios

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Palliative care in colorectal and anal malignancies from diagnosis to death
Mohana Karlekar, Khaldoun Almhanna, Dana Guyer

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Serious or Advanced Diseases

Palliative lower leg reconstruction
Jennifer Bai, Sofia Aronson, Aaron Kearney, Chad M. Teven

Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Emergent radiotherapy for brain and leptomeningeal metastases: a narrative review
Andrew B. Barbour, Peter Zaki, Tresa M. McGranahan, Vyshak Venur, Balamurugan Vellayappan, Joshua Palmer, Lia M. Halasz, Jonathan T. Yang, Molly Blau, Yolanda D. Tseng, Samuel T. Chao, John H. Suh, Matthew Foote, Kristin J. Redmond, Stephanie E. Combs, Eric L. Chang, Arjun Sahgal, Simon S. Lo
Palliative radiotherapy for hepatic tumors: a narrative review of indications and recommendations
Michael Pennock, Jonathan Klein, Michael Lock
Emergent radiotherapy for spinal cord compression/impingement—a narrative review
Peter Zaki, Andrew Barbour, Mark M. Zaki, Yolanda D. Tseng, Anubhav G. Amin, Vyshak Venur, Tresa McGranahan, Balamurugan Vellayappan, Joshua D. Palmer, Samuel T. Chao, Jonathan T. Yang, Matthew Foote, Kristin J. Redmond, Eric L. Chang, Arjun Sahgal, Simon S. Lo, Stephanie K. Schaub

Editorial Commentary | Symptom Management in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Mepitel Film for the prevention of acute radiation dermatitis in breast cancer patients: a discussion of recent findings
Molly A. Chakraborty, Rosemary Hill, Kimberly Corbin, Jane Perlmutter, Jean L. Wright, J. Isabelle Choi

Editorial Commentary | Psychiatric, Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Issues in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Considering narrative therapy in palliative care practice
Craig D. Blinderman

Editorial Commentary | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Serious or Advanced Diseases

The uncanny valley and the “Hello Kitty effect” in facial palliative reconstructive surgery
Marios Papadakis, Jill Chia-Jung Chen, Seng-Feng Jeng, Hsiang-Shun Shih

Letter to the Editor | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Thirty-day expected mortality and hemostatic palliative radiotherapy: definitions, certainties and uncertainties
Andrés Vargas
Addressing concerns and uncertainties surrounding the application of palliative radiotherapy in cases with a 30-day expected mortality
Inmaculada Navarro-Domenech, Tara Behroozian, Peter Hoskin, Candice Johnstone, Abram Recht, Johan Menten, Eva Oldenburger, Yvette M. van der Linden, Joanne M. van der Velden, Quynh-Nhu Nguyen, Charles B. Simone II, Peter Johnstone, Stephen Lutz, Lauren Milton, Nicolaus Andratschke, Jonas Willmann, Joanna Kazmierska, Mateusz Spałek, Gustavo N. Marta, Edward Chow, Srinivas Raman

Letter to the Editor | Psychiatric, Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Issues in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Spirituality should not be overlooked
Selwyn Selvendran