Palliative Care in Patients With Hematological Malignancies. We Have a Long Way to Go….

Patients with hematological malignancies have significant and diverse palliative care needs but are not usually referred to specialist palliative care services in a timely manner, if at all. To identify the characteristics of patients with hematological malignancies referred to the palliative care service in a tertiary hospital in Mexico City. Retrospective study including consecutive patients with hematological malignancies referred to palliative care services at Mexico's National Cancer Institute.