Hospital Palliative Care Team Involvement in Inpatients with Hematologic Malignancies: A Retrospective Study.

Data on the involvement of hospital palliative care teams (HPCT) in the management of patients with hematologic malignancies (HM) are limited. To describe characteristics, symptom burden according to the German Hospice and Palliative Care Evaluation assessment tool, and course of inpatients with HM who were referred to a HPCT, and compare them with their counterparts with solid tumors (ST). Retrospective analysis.