… Lisa Barbera and Deborah Dudgeon were involved in the interpretation of the data. Lisa
Barbera and Deborah Dudgeon drafted the manuscript and Lisa Barbera wrote the final version. …

Purpose In 1998, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) published a special
article regarding palliative care and companion recommendations. Herein we summarize the …

Purpose Ontario’s cancer system is unique because it has implemented two standardized
assessment tools population-wide to improve care: the Edmonton Symptom Assessment …

Background Complex biomedical and psychosocial considerations figure prominently in the
debate about euthanasia and assisted suicide. No study to date, however, has examined …

BACKGROUND. For ambulatory cancer patients, Ontario has standardized symptom and
performance status assessment population‐wide, using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment …

A short form of the McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) was previously developed. It was
found to correlate highly with and demonstrate differences due to treatment in a manner similar …

The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of dyspnea in the general
cancer population, the intensity of the symptom as perceived by the patient, and the patient …

PURPOSE: To construct empirically a conversion table to convert performance status scores
among the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG), Karnofsky Performance Status (…

Objective: In late 2006, Cancer Care Ontario launched a quality improvement initiative to
implement routine screening with the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) for …

Optimal management of dyspnea in terminal cancer patients requires an understanding of
the responsible pathophysiological mechanisms. This prospective study assessed visual …