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Background Evidence on the differences in symptom patterns between older palliative cancer and non-cancer patients is lacking. The purpose of the study was to determine the differences in symptoms between older hospitalised palliative cancer and non-cancer patients. Methods A secondary analysis of two multi-centre cross-sectional studies was performed. A validated instrument was used to assess the...