David C. Currow

Research interests

Publications

• Progressive pulmonary fibrosis: an expert group consensus statement

  European Respiratory Journal · 2022 · 10.1183/13993003.03187-2021

• Progress in cancer survival, mortality, and incidence in seven high-income countries 1995–2014 (ICBP SURVMARK-2): a population-based study

  The Lancet Oncology · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(19)30456-5

• Integration of oncology and palliative care: a Lancet Oncology Commission

  The Lancet Oncology · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(18)30415-7

• Towards an expert consensus to delineate a clinical syndrome of chronic breathlessness

  European Respiratory Journal · 2017 · 10.1183/13993003.02277-2016

• Efficacy of Oral Risperidone, Haloperidol, or Placebo for Symptoms of Delirium Among Patients in Palliative Care

  JAMA Internal Medicine · 2016 · 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.7491

• Anamorelin in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer and cachexia (ROMANA 1 and ROMANA 2): results from two randomised, double-blind, phase 3 trials

  The Lancet Oncology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(15)00558-6

• Health-related quality of life measured using the EQ-5D–5L: South Australian population norms

  Health and Quality of Life Outcomes · 2016 · 10.1186/s12955-016-0537-0

• Safety and Benefit of Discontinuing Statin Therapy in the Setting of Advanced, Life-Limiting Illness

  JAMA Internal Medicine · 2015 · 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.0289

• EAPC White Paper on outcome measurement in palliative care: Improving practice, attaining outcomes and delivering quality services – Recommendations from the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Task Force on Outcome Measurement

  Palliative Medicine · 2015 · 10.1177/0269216315589898

• Safety of benzodiazepines and opioids in very severe respiratory disease: national prospective study

  BMJ · 2014 · 10.1136/bmj.g445

• Physical, Psychosocial, Relationship, and Economic Burden of Caring for People With Cancer: A Review

  Journal of Oncology Practice · 2013 · 10.1200/jop.2012.000690

• Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma.

  PubMed · 2013 · 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.11.28

• Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Assess the Efficacy and Toxicity of Subcutaneous Ketamine in the Management of Cancer Pain

  Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2012 · 10.1200/jco.2012.42.1081

• Once-Daily Opioids for Chronic Dyspnea: A Dose Increment and Pharmacovigilance Study

  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management · 2011 · 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.11.021

• Do the Trajectories of Dyspnea Differ in Prevalence and Intensity By Diagnosis at the End of Life? A Consecutive Cohort Study

  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management · 2010 · 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.09.017

• Cancer as a chronic disease

  Collegian Journal of the Royal College of Nursing Australia · 2010 · 10.1016/j.colegn.2010.04.007

• Effect of palliative oxygen versus room air in relief of breathlessness in patients with refractory dyspnoea: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial

  The Lancet · 2010 · 10.1016/s0140-6736(10)61115-4

• Palliative Cancer Care a Decade Later: Accomplishments, the Need, Next Steps—From the American Society of Clinical Oncology

  Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2009 · 10.1200/jco.2008.20.1558

• Preference for place of care and place of death in palliative care: are these different questions?

  Palliative Medicine · 2008 · 10.1177/0269216308092287

• A Systematic Review of Prognostic/End-of-Life Communication with Adults in the Advanced Stages of a Life-Limiting Illness: Patient/Caregiver Preferences for the Content, Style, and Timing of Information

  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.09.035

• Sustaining hope when communicating with terminally ill patients and their families: a systematic review

  Psycho-Oncology · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.1288

• Truth-telling in discussing prognosis in advanced life-limiting illnesses: a systematic review

  Palliative Medicine · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216307080823

• Clinical practice guidelines for communicating prognosis and end‐of‐life issues with adults in the advanced stages of a life‐limiting illness, and their caregivers

  The Medical Journal of Australia · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01100.x

• Randomized Controlled Trial of a Prompt List to Help Advanced Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers to Ask Questions About Prognosis and End-of-Life Care

  Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2006.06.7827

• The Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status (AKPS) scale: a revised scale for contemporary palliative care clinical practice [ISRCTN81117481]

  BMC Palliative Care · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-684x-4-7

Current projects

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