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Helsinn publishes results from a secondary analysis of a Phase 3 trial in patients with CINV in The Oncologist Lugano, Switzerland, January 4, 2023 - Helsinn Group ("Helsinn")
Including palliative care early in the course of cancer therapy for patients with advanced acute myeloid leukemia results in substantial improvements in quality of life, mood, and end-of-life care, according to a new study.
The findings demonstrate the benefits of early integration of palliative care for symptoms and stress into oncology care for patients with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a highly aggressive cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
“This is the first multi-site randomized trial of an integrated palliative care intervention in patients with any blood cancer,” says Thomas W. LeBlanc, a medical oncologist and palliative care physician at Duke Cancer Institute and co-lead author of the study in
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