Gynecologic Cancers

Palliation   

Questions discussed in this category


My patient’s family has asked that I don’t tell her that she has metastatic cancer because it will devastate her. I am planning on palliat...

There was a recall on viscous lidocaine and many of our patients cannot find it. What would you recommend as alternatives?

How do you counsel patients and caregivers? Do you prescribe medications (''appetite stimulants'') with the goal to improve appetite even if they do n...

If a patient is found to have multiple painful osseous lesions but is chemotherapy naive, do you typically wait for the patient to undergo treatment w...

How do you "have the talk" in a way that is straightforward without emotionally crushing the patient?

Obviously, patient and caregiver preferences are paramount. But, what factors do you consider? Does expanded hospice (e.g., Medicare Care Choices) inf...

Can the drug continue during radiation therapy or should it be discontinued at a specified time prior to initiation of radiation?


Papers discussed in this category


Gynecol Oncol, 2019 Aug 16

JAMA,

The New England journal of medicine, 2016-07-14

Practical radiation oncology, 2021 Sep-Oct

Palliative medicine, 2022 Mar 31

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2023 Mar 28

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2011-10

Journal of oncology practice, 2019-01

Support Care Cancer, 2021 Aug 16

JAMA, 2019 Apr 16

Head Neck, 2016 Mar 29

The Lancet. Oncology, 2017-05