Purpose We describe the key elements of early palliative care (PC) across the illness
trajectory and examine whether visit content was associated with patient-reported outcomes …

The past decade has brought forth innovative research that questions the traditional
oncology care model for patients with advanced cancer. Through integrating palliative care …

Background: Growing evidence demonstrates the benefits of early, integrated palliative care
(PC) for patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers. Yet, data are lacking on the …

Background Early ambulatory palliative care (PC) is an emerging practice, and its key
elements have not been defined. We conducted a qualitative analysis of data from a …

ASCO and National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines recommend all patients
with advanced cancer receive early palliative care (PC), within 8 weeks of diagnosis, 1, 2 on …

Background: We conducted a multicenter, randomized trial of early integrated palliative and
oncology care in patients with advanced cancer to confirm the benefits of early palliative …

Patients with advanced cancer often experience symptoms of disease and treatment that
contribute to distress and diminish their quality of life (QOL). Care that is aimed at control of …

Background: Early palliative care provides better quality of life, increased prognostic
awareness, and even improved survival for patients with advanced cancer but how the …

BACKGROUND Limited data are available on how the timing and setting of palliative care
(PC) referral can affect end‐of‐life care. In this retrospective cohort study, the authors …

Background: Studies show that early, integrated palliative care (PC) improves quality of life
(QoL) and end-of-life (EoL) care for patients with poor-prognosis cancers. However, the …