Inpatient palliative care improves QOL for HSCT patients

“It’s also the first study showing the benefits of palliative care for patients with cancer pursuing curative therapy and extends the potential benefit of palliative care in a population of patients with serious illness. [T]he significant part of what palliative care does is helping patients and families cope with serious and potentially life-threatening illness.”

The researchers recommend future studies to evaluate the impact of early integration of palliative care for this patient population.