Why and How to Integrate Early Palliative Care Into Cutting-Edge Personalized Cancer Care
Laura A. Petrillo,
Katie Fitzgerald Jones,
Areej El-Jawahri
et al.
Abstract:Early palliative care, palliative care integrated with oncology care early in the course of illness, has myriad benefits for patients and their caregivers, including improved quality of life, reduced physical and psychological symptom burden, enhanced prognostic awareness, and reduced health care utilization at the end of life. Although ASCO and others recommend early palliative care for all patients with advanced cancer, widespread implementation of early palliative care has not been realized because of barri… Show more
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