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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Cancer cachexia: exploring parallels with other paraneoplastic syndromes	26
Treatment of primary cancer in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer	22
The WHO guidelines: the new and the old	19
Underlying conditions contributing to breathlessness in the population	18
Innovative and best models of palliative and end-of-life care – with focus on rural and remote communities	17
Practical cancer cachexia management in palliative care – a review of current evidence	16
Assessment of the benefits of bone modifying agents in the management of advanced breast, prostate, and lung cancers	12
Digital clinics for diagnosing and treating migraine	11
Matters of care and the good death – rhetoric or reality?	10
Radiation therapy post radical prostatectomy: who, when and why?	10
Using real world data to advance the provision of supportive cancer care: mucositis as a case study	10
KLF10: a point of convergence in cancer cachexia	9
Home ventilation for patients with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	9
Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on delivery of and models for supportive and palliative care for oncology patients	9
Cough and dyspnea management in pulmonary fibrosis	9
Blood-based biomarkers of frailty in older patients with cancer	8
The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on medical assistance in dying	8
Cancer care disparities in the LGBT community	8
Cancer cachexia: learn from yesterday, live for today and hope for tomorrow	8
Harnessing the power of endogenous pain control mechanisms for novel therapeutics: how might innovations in neuroimaging help?	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	6
Goals of care and end-of-life communication needs of persons with chronic respiratory disease	6
Vitamin D is a potential treatment for the management of gastrointestinal mucositis	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
Editorial introductions	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
Sexual dysfunction among adolescent and young adult cancer patients: diagnostic and therapeutic approach	5
Telemedicine in geriatric oncology – lessons learned from the COVID-19 experience	5
Metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer: a new horizon beyond the androgen receptors	5
Opioid use disorder in cancer patients	5
Editorial: Advancing the management of respiratory problems	5
Early integration of palliative care in haemato-oncology: latest developments	5
Serious health-related suffering and palliative care in South Asian countries	5
The gut microbiome and the brain	5
Editorial: Patient selection in urologic oncology - one size does not fit all	5
Geriatric assessment and treatment decision-making in surgical oncology	5
Impact of COVID-19 on care of older adults with cancer: a narrative synthesis of reviews, guidelines and recommendations	4
Longitudinal characterisation of cachexia in patients undergoing surgical resection for cancer	4
The evolving scenario of cancer care provision across the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe	4
Inhaled methoxyflurane in patients with cancer: current applications and future directions	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
Anamorelin in Japanese patients with cancer cachexia: an update	4
Role of mucositis in predicting gut microbiota composition in people with cancer	4
Immunotherapy for older patients with cancer	4
Metastasectomy in kidney cancer: current indications and treatment approaches	4
Palliative radiotherapy for the hemostasis of bleeding tumors: an overview of the most recent literature	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 invisibility of chronic breathlessness. Why don’t we talk about the symptom?	4
Central neural mechanisms of cancer cachexia	4
Editorial: Socio-cultural-economic determinants of access to quality cancer care	4