BMC Palliative Care

SEP 19, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Satisfaction with treatment decision-making and long-term experiences of life-prolonging treatments for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

BMC Palliative Care

Abstract Background Treatments in the phase of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) aim to prolong survival and reduce the symptom burden. The fast development o

SEP 10, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Application of palliative tunneled patient-controlled epidural analgesia in children with refractory cancer-related visceral pain and breakthrough pain: case report

BMC Palliative Care

Single pediatric case report describing a novel application of tunneled epidural analgesia in terminal cancer pain; demonstrates feasibility and tolerability but lacks comparative data and generalizability.

SEP 9, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Identifying automatic criteria for specialist pediatric palliative care referrals in oncology: a scoping review

BMC Palliative Care

A scoping review synthesizing existing literature on referral criteria without empirical testing of effectiveness; identifies criteria for potential guideline development but lacks implementation data or outcome validation.