Eduardo Bruera, MD, FAAHPM, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, USA. Irene Higginson, OBE, BMedSci, BMBS, PhD, FMedSci, FRCP, FFPHM, King's College London, London, UK. Charles F von Gunten MD, PhD, FACP, FAAHPM, FAACE, OhioHealth, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Tatsuya Morita, MD, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan.