Palliative Care
Publication Date: May 15, 2024
Key Points
Key Points
- In parallel with advances in cancer treatment, there is increasing awareness of the multiple dimensions of suffering experienced by people with cancer and their caregivers.
- This ASCO guideline aims to provide the entire oncology care team with recommendations regarding the optimal provision of palliative care to patients with cancer
Treatment
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...RecommendationsGeneral Note: The followin...
...note that ASCO used guideline methodology for the...
...mmendation 1Clinicians should refer patients w...
...n 1aPalliative care for patients with advan...
...1bPatients with advanced cancer should receiv...
...ation 2Among patients with cancer with unadd...
...endation 3Clinicians from across the interdi...
...ation 4For patients with advanced cancer, the...
...ion 5Clinicians should refer patients with...
...on 6Clinicians caring for patients in early-phase...
...1. Primary Palliative Care versus Specialty Pa...
...elieves that cancer clinical trials are...