Pain and Symptom Management

Glass, Marcia

Psychedelics in Palliative Care

Oxford University Press 2025


Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

Effective RX for CINV and MBO: Do We Really Need So Many Drugs?

February 2025


Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

The Special Pains Breast Cancer Can Cause

March 2025


Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

What’s New in Palliative Care? ASCO 2025 Highlights

July 2025


Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

What’s New in Supportive Oncology for Patients with Breast Cancer

October 2025


Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

Mind over Matter: How Hypnosis and Virtual Reality Can Help Patients with Cancer

November 2025


Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy: What Insights It Can Offer Patients with Cancer

December 2025


Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

Lessons From Black Ice

January 2026


Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

Why Not Methadone?

February 2026


Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

Could you miss these clues? Deceptive presentations of Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression

April 2026


oncology supportive care

About Dr. Abrahm

Janet Abrahm, MD is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is among the founders of Palliative Care in the United States and the author of four comprehensive books on supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer. Dr. Abrahm is a former practicing oncologist who created the Palliative Care Service at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute over 20 years’ ago. She is an award-winning clinician and educator and continues to practice palliative care at Dana Farber.

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Dr. Abrahm's Book

Dr. Abrahm is the author of four comprehensive editions 
on supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer, the first published in 2000 and the latest in 2022.

Her extensive work offers oncologists and other oncology and palliative care clinicians a place to turn to find the most up-to-date evidence-based practices, resources, and practical advice on how to care for patients across the full range of issues they will experience during their illness.

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