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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Bush SH, Kanji S, Pereira JL, Davis DH, Currow DC, Meagher D, Rabheru K, Wright D, Bruera E, Hartwick M, Gagnon PR, Gagnon B, Breitbart W, Regnier L, Lawlor PG

Treating an established episode of delirium in palliative care: expert opinion and review of the current evidence base with recommendations for future development

Journal Article

J Pain Symptom Manage, 48 (2), 2014.

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Alturki A, Gagnon B, Petrecca K, Scott SC, Nadeau L, Mayo N

Patterns of care at end of life for people with primary intracranial tumors: lessons learned

Journal Article

J Neurooncol, 117 (1), 2014.

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Kremer R, Gagnon B, Meguerditchian AN, Nadeau L, Mayo N

Effect of oral bisphosphonates for osteoporosis on development of skeletal metastases in women with breast cancer: results from a pharmaco-epidemiological study

Journal Article

J Natl Cancer Inst, 106 (11), 2014.

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Dudley RW, Parolin M, Gagnon B, Saluja R, Yap R, Montpetit K, Ruck J, Poulin C, Cantin MA, Benaroch TE, Farmer JP

Long-term functional benefits of selective dorsal rhizotomy for spastic cerebral palsy

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J Neurosurg Pediatr, 12 (2), 2013.

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Gagnon B, Murphy J, Eades M, Lemoignan J, Jelowicki M, Carney S, Amdouni S, Di Dio P, Chasen M, Macdonald N

A prospective evaluation of an interdisciplinary nutrition-rehabilitation program for patients with advanced cancer

Journal Article

Curr Oncol, 20 (6), 2013.

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Gagnon B, Murphy J, Jelowicki M, Morris DV

The effect of severe androgen deficiency on physical function in male patients with cancer

Journal Article

J Pain Symptom Manage, 45 (5), 2013.

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Eades M, Murphy J, Carney S, Amdouni S, Lemoignan J, Jelowicki M, Nadler M, Chasen M, Gagnon B

Effect of an interdisciplinary rehabilitation program on quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer: review of clinical experience

Journal Article

Head Neck, 35 (3), 2013.

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Gagnon B, Agulnik JS, Gioulbasanis I, Kasymjanova G, Morris D, Macdonald N

Montreal prognostic score: estimating survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer using clinical biomarkers

Journal Article

Br J Cancer, 109 (8), 2013.

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Rodriguez AM, Mayo NE, Gagnon B

Independent contributors to overall quality of life in people with advanced cancer

Journal Article

Br J Cancer, 108 (9), 2013.

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Bush SH, Gagnon B, Lawlor PG

Delirium

Book Chapter

Oneschuk D, Hagen N, MacDonald N (Ed.): Palliative medicine : a case-based manual, pp. 338-350, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, ISBN: 9780199694143.

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Active projects

  • Age-related patterns in the experience of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, from 2019-10-01 to 2024-09-30
  • Institut universitaire de première ligne en santé et services sociaux., from 2014-04-01 to 2023-03-31
  • Pan-Canadian Palliative Care Research Collaborative, from 2021-06-30 to 2026-03-31
  • 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

Recently finished projects

  • 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
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