Dr. Bruno Gagnon is a physician specialized in palliative care and an associate professor at the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the Laval University School of Medicine, and a clinician at the palliative care unit at Hôtel-Dieu de Québec. Also, he is a researcher with the Réseau Québécois de recherche en Soins PALliatifs et de fin de vie (RQSPAL) and the Équipe de Recherche Michel-Sarrazin en Oncologie psychosociale et Soins palliatifs (ERMOS).
His researches focus on healthcare, delirium, and cognitive loss in patients with advanced cancer, classification of pain related to cancer, the role of methadone and other NMDA receptor antagonist in the treatment of neuropathic pain, end of life care, administrative data, anorexia-cachexia, and clinical trials in palliative care.
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The Fast Cognitive Evaluation (FaCE): a screening tool to detect cognitive impairment in patients with cancer
Journal ArticleBMC Cancer, 23 (1), 2023.
Risk of confounding variables in multivariate analysis
Journal ArticleJ Transl Med, 20 (1), 2022.
Improved cancer-related fatigue in a randomised clinical trial: methylphenidate no better than placebo
Journal ArticleBMJ Support Palliat Care, 12 (2), 2022.
Diagnostic criteria for cancer cachexia: reduced food intake and inflammation predict weight loss and survival in an international, multi-cohort analysis
Journal ArticleJ Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle, 12 (5), 2021.
Survey of palliative care providers' needs, perceived roles, and ethical concerns about addressing cancer family history at the end of life
Journal ArticlePalliat Support Care, 19 (2), 2021.
Building capacity for palliative care delivery in primary care settings: Mixed-methods evaluation of the INTEGRATE Project
Journal ArticleCan Fam Physician, 67 (4), 2021.
Palliative care clinical rotations among undergraduate and postgraduate medical trainees in Canada: a descriptive study
Journal ArticleCMAJ Open, 8 (2), 2020.
Elevated V-ATPase Activity Following PTEN Loss Is Required for Enhanced Oncogenic Signaling in Breast Cancer
Journal ArticleMol Cancer Res, 18 (10), 2020.
Burnout and resilience among Canadian palliative care physicians
Journal ArticleBMC Palliat Care, 19 (1), 2020.
Soins palliatifs en temps de pandémie: au-delà des respirateurs et des vies à sauver
Journal ArticleCMAJ, 192 (42), 2020.
Active projects
- Age-related patterns in the experience of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, from 2019-10-01 to 2024-09-30
- Pan-Canadian Palliative Care Research Collaborative, from 2021-06-30 to 2026-03-31
Recently finished projects
- Étude pilote de phase II de l'effet du méthylphénidate sur la fonction cognitive des patientes en rémission d'un cancer , from 2016-02-01 to 2022-01-31
- Institut universitaire de première ligne en santé et services sociaux., from 2014-04-01 to 2023-03-31
- Interdisciplinary team in Early Functional Optimization (InTEFO): introducing a new optimization clinic to improve accessibility and efficiency of quality palliative care in advanced cancer patients., from 2014-02-01 to 2022-01-31
- Volet québécois d’un registre national de soins palliatifs pour les patients atteints de la COVID-19, from 2020-10-01 to 2023-03-31