In a recent study, published in The Oncologist, just under 10% of patients diagnosed with terminal cancer did not know their prognosis and had no interest in finding out. This unwillingness to face a ...

April 15, 2010 — Despite the distress of learning that their disease is terminal, most cancer patients prefer to know the truth, and to hear it from their physicians. This conclusion is from a Korean ...

Patients who received narrative-based palliative care also reported better quality of life, improved sleep quality, and greater acceptance of death compared with patients receiving routine care. These ...

Many terminal cancer patients are not getting adequate pain relief early enough, according to a University of Leeds study. The researchers found that, on average, terminal cancer patients were given ...

Jessica Brady died in December 2020, three weeks after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis despite making more than 20 doctor's appointments Jessica Brady died after being told she had symptoms of ...

Certain psychoactive substances can improve the mental health of terminally ill cancer patients—but few patients can currently access them. Psilocybin, the psychoactive chemical in psychedelic ...

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. According to a 2025 report submitted by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), in 2022, about 20 million new cancer cases were reported, and 9.7 ...

Family caregivers of patients with terminal cancer need psychospiritual care. The assessment of their psychospiritual distress is challenging. An automated system can be used to detect psychospiritual ...