OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Practical cancer cachexia management in palliative care – a review of current evidence	26
Cancer cachexia: exploring parallels with other paraneoplastic syndromes	24
Treatment of primary cancer in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer	20
Innovative and best models of palliative and end-of-life care – with focus on rural and remote communities	18
Underlying conditions contributing to breathlessness in the population	17
The WHO guidelines: the new and the old	17
Assessment of the benefits of bone modifying agents in the management of advanced breast, prostate, and lung cancers	13
Radiation therapy post radical prostatectomy: who, when and why?	11
Digital clinics for diagnosing and treating migraine	11
Using real world data to advance the provision of supportive cancer care: mucositis as a case study	10
Integrated nutritional care in cancer; about time?	10
Matters of care and the good death – rhetoric or reality?	9
The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on medical assistance in dying	9
KLF10: a point of convergence in cancer cachexia	9
Home ventilation for patients with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	8
Cancer cachexia: learn from yesterday, live for today and hope for tomorrow	8
Editorial introductions	7
Managing acute pain with inhaled methoxyflurane in non-cancer patients: a review of the latest evidence	7
Tackling respiratory problems – needs, education, and treatments	7
Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on delivery of and models for supportive and palliative care for oncology patients	7
Harnessing the power of endogenous pain control mechanisms for novel therapeutics: how might innovations in neuroimaging help?	7
Cough and dyspnea management in pulmonary fibrosis	7
Editorial: Advancing the management of respiratory problems	6
Vitamin D is a potential treatment for the management of gastrointestinal mucositis	6
Blood-based biomarkers of frailty in older patients with cancer	6

Opioid use disorder in cancer patients	6
Sexual dysfunction among adolescent and young adult cancer patients: diagnostic and therapeutic approach	6
Goals of care and end-of-life communication needs of persons with chronic respiratory disease	6
Anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders in patients with chronic respiratory diseases	6
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on care and psychological impact on cancer patients	6
The circuit basis for chronic pain and its comorbidities	6
Managing chronic pain after breast cancer treatments: are web-based interventions the future?	6
Telemedicine in geriatric oncology – lessons learned from the COVID-19 experience	5
Anamorelin in Japanese patients with cancer cachexia: an update	5
Metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer: a new horizon beyond the androgen receptors	5
Editorial: Patient selection in urologic oncology - one size does not fit all	5
Geriatric assessment and treatment decision-making in surgical oncology	5
The gut microbiome and the brain	5
Early integration of palliative care in haemato-oncology: latest developments	5
Palliative radiotherapy for the hemostasis of bleeding tumors: an overview of the most recent literature	5
Longitudinal characterisation of cachexia in patients undergoing surgical resection for cancer	4
Evaluation of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 15 Palliative Care and the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Palliative i	4
Inhaled methoxyflurane in patients with cancer: current applications and future directions	4
Comparing the EORTC QLQ-LC13, EORTC QLQ-LC29, and the FACT-L for assessment of quality of life in patients with lung cancer - an updated systematic review	4
Current practices in managing end-of-life existential suffering	4
Immunotherapy for older patients with cancer	4
Role of mucositis in predicting gut microbiota composition in people with cancer	4
Impact of COVID-19 on care of older adults with cancer: a narrative synthesis of reviews, guidelines and recommendations	4
The invisibility of chronic breathlessness. Why don’t we talk about the symptom?	4
Promising preclinical approaches to combating cancer-associated cachexia/tissue wasting	4
Neuropathic pain considerations in the aging population	4
Effectiveness of dignity therapy in the context of culturally competent care in people with palliative care needs: a systematic review of systematic reviews	4
The evolving scenario of cancer care provision across the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe	4
Central neural mechanisms of cancer cachexia	4
Metastasectomy in kidney cancer: current indications and treatment approaches	4
How to evaluate exertional breathlessness using normative reference equations in research	4