OBJECTIVE To assess the involvement of volunteers with direct patient/family contact in UK palliative care services for children and young people. METHOD Cross-sectional survey using a web-based questionnaire. SETTING UK specialist paediatric palliative care services. PARTICIPANTS Volunteer managers/coordinators from all UK hospice providers (n=37) and one National Health Service palliati...

.. Objective: To assess the knowledge of undergraduate medical students about radiotherapy, cancer and palliative care in cancer. Method: A descriptive study to assess the knowledge of radiotherapy, cancer and palliative care is conducted among undergraduate medical students of Dow Medical College. 300 students from each batch of fourth and final year were assessed for knowledge of radiotherapy...

Research Briefs decision to prescribe a course of radiation therapy is also contingent upon the ability of a patient to undergo multiple anesthetic procedures, and expected longevity based on any medical problems or intercurrent disease. Patients with either distant metastasis or a radioresis­ tant tumor can still potentially benefit from radiation therapy but should be considered for palliativ...

background pulmonary artery banding (pab) is a technique of palliative surgical therapy used by congenital heart surgeons as a staged approach to operative correction of congenital heart defects. materials and methods we report 5- year experiences from january 2011 to january 2016 of imam reza hospital center (a tertiary referral hospital in mashhad city, north east of iran) that consist of 50 ...

Background: The fundamental principles of internal targeted alpha therapy for cancer were established many decades ago.The high linear energy transfer (LET) of alpha radiation to the targeted cancer cellscauses double strand breaks in DNA. At the same time, the short range radiation spares adjacent normal tissues. This targeted approach complements conventional external beam radiotherapy and ch...

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) believes that pharmacists have a pivotal role in the provision of hospice and palliative care and that pharmacists should be integral members of all hospice interdisciplinary teams. Pharmacists practicing in U.S. health systems have been active in defining and providing palliative care since the introduction of hospice through a demonstra...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Depression is a common condition affecting those with advanced cancer, but evidence for effective treatment has been sparse. In recent years, there has been a welcome increase in research activity, with both pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments being trialled. RECENT FINDINGS This review assesses recent studies of pharmacological interventions including antidepr...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the approach to palliative care for hematological oncology patients in the pediatric ward of a tertiary hospital. METHODS This was a retrospective, descriptive study of 29 hematological oncology patients who died between 2009 and 2011. Data regarding the approach and prevalence of pain, prevalence of other symptoms, multidisciplinary team participation, communication bet...

We treated a dementia patient with end stage chronic kidney disease (CKD). The patient also had severe chronic heart disease and suffered from untreatable respiratory distress during the clinical course of his illness. We therefore initiated peritoneal dialysis therapy (PD) as renal replacement therapy, although we had difficulties continuing stable PD for many reasons, including a burden on ca...

To cite: Dhull AK. BMJ Case Reports Published online: 10 December 2012 doi:10.1136/bcr-2012007657 DESCRIPTION Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma constitutes approximately 1% of all paediatric tumours. Primary alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of lip is a very rare pathological entity. Here is presented a case of primary alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of upper lip treated with palliative external radiation therapy fo...