Vol 15, No 1 (January 31, 2026): Annals of Palliative Medicine

Editorial | Ethics and Policy in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

The ethical and existential dimension of palliative care
Carlo Leget, Mai-Britt Guldin
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Editorial | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Serious or Advanced Diseases

Role of shared decision-making and early palliative care in progressive long-term neurological conditions
Mithila Vijay, Krishnan Padmakumari Sivaraman Nair
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Editorial | Ethics and Policy in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Palliative care for people in prison: past, present and future
Mary Turner
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Original Article | Public Health in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Compounding or confounding?—addressing context-specific disparities in access to outpatient specialty palliative care
Hannah Nettelblad, Rubina Ratnaparkhi, Sharon Fitzgerald-Wolff, Elaine Pope, Ian Cook, Melissa Javellana, Andrea Jewell, Christian T. Sinclair, Lori Spoozak
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2026;
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Original Article | Teamwork and Education in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Through their eyes: a breast cancer survivor-led art workshop for undergraduate medical students
Muna Alkhaifi, Rebecca Starkman, Elwyn Zhang, Malika Peera, Preet Ahluwalia, Ellen Paonessa, Sylvia Langlois, Sarah Kim, Joyce Nyhof-Young
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Original Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Body mass index but not percentage weight loss was associated with the race/ethnicity of patients with advanced lung cancer: a cross-sectional study
Patricia S. Bramati, Sonal Admane, James Troyer, Yi Huang, Eduardo Bruera, Rony Dev
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2026;
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Study Protocol | Symptom Management in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Effectiveness of emotional freedom techniques in patients with persistent postural-perceptual dizziness: study protocol for a multicenter, pragmatic, pilot randomized controlled trial
Hyeon-Ji Yu, Eui-Ju Lee, Soon-Hyung Ahn, Won-Kyoung Moon
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2026;
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Study Protocol | Psychiatric, Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Issues in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Psycho-oncology on wheels—a qualitative feasibility study of implementing home-based psychosocial support within specialist palliative home care (SPHC): a study protocol
Sarina Carter, Julia Thiesbonenkamp-Maag, Christina Gerlach, Laura Breitfelder, Anja Wiesegart, Hans-Christoph Friederich, Till Johannes Bugaj, Bernd Alt-Epping
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2026;
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Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

The evolving role of radiotherapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: beyond symptom control
Margherita Vianello, Karin Purshouse, Ian Fraser, Iain Phillips
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2026;
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Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Serious or Advanced Diseases

Acute-on-chronic liver failure: from definitions to management
Abdurrahman Kadayifci, Sidart Pradeep, Eugenia Tsai
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2026;
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Review Article | Symptom Management in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Medical marijuana for management of cancer pain: a narrative review
Andrew M. Mendelson, Austin Nguyen, Lynn R. Kohan
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2026;
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Review Article | Teamwork and Education in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Palliative rehabilitation is relationship-centered care
Christopher M. Wilson, Christina Papadimitriou
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2026;
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Review Article | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

The role of Quad Shot in palliative radiotherapy: narrative review of the evidence and applications in advanced head and neck cancer
David J. Crompton, Homan Mohammadi, Michelle A. Wear, Katey M. Wert, Phillip Pirgousis, Samip Patel, Oluwafunmilola T. Okuyemi, Jeffrey R. Janus, David M. Routman, Scott C. Lester, Daniel J. Ma, Samir H. Patel, Yujie Zhao, Shenduo Li, Adam L. Holtzman
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2026;
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The critical intersection of survivorship and palliative care in people with metastatic breast cancer
Muna Al-Khaifi, Jashmira K. Bhinder, Ayush Patel, Samantha K. F. Kennedy, Shing Fung Lee, Edward Chow, Henry C. Y. Wong, Charles B. Simone II, Maria Vassiliou, Nicolas H. Hart, Eva Oldenburger
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2026;
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Editorial Commentary | Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care for Incurable Cancer

Integrating compassion early: palliative care’s role in improving the quality of life and psychological well-being for individuals undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Lorinda A. Coombs, Ashley Leak Bryant
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2026;
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Cognitive cost or disease control in the management of brain metastases from small cell Lung cancer?—an ongoing debate
Raquel Ciervide, Mercedes López, Rafael García, Ovidio Hernando
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2026;
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Message From the Editor-in-Chief | Symptom Management in Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care

Prospective symptom burden assessment in patients with cancer and non-cancer advanced diseases
Charles B. Simone II
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