Supportive Care

Declan Walsh, MSc, FACP, FRCP, director, 2014 MASCC/ISOO International Symposium, discusses the under-diagnosis of malnutrition in palliative medicine.

Alex Molasiotis, RN, PhD, discusses the results of a pilot feasibility study looking at inspiratory muscle training for the management of breathlessness in patients with lung cancer.

Fausto Roila, MD, chair, Medical Oncology Division, S. Maria Hospital, Terni, Italy, discusses an analysis of aprepitant for the prevention of cisplatin-induced delayed emesis.

Dorothy M. K. Keefe, MD, FRACP, past president, MASCC, director, SA Cancer Service, professor of cancer medicine, University of Adelaide, discusses links between toxicities associated with anticancer drugs.

Haralambos Raftopoulos, MD, associate professor, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, discusses pulmonary toxicity with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs).

Ã…ge Schultz, DVM, PhD, executive director, Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC), discusses pain management and the cost of supportive care medicine.

A significant proportion of oncology patients and caregivers feel they are not getting the information they want from their cancer care team, and nearly 1 in 4 are dissatisfied with the care provided during their treatment journey