… randomized trial of an early integrated palliative and oncology care model in patients with
advanced lung and noncolorectal gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. To ensure the generalizability of …

… intervention group received EPC through a structured program of self-study education
materials, telephone coaching, and regular assessments by an integrated palliative care team. …

… of dilution effect. Finally, like other randomized clinical trials on EPC for different cancer types
… ) as measurement instrument rather than “tumor-specific” FACT (FACT-Lung, FACT-Hep). It …

… During the last decade, a number of randomized controlled trials … early integration of palliative
care (EPC) into standard oncology care in patients with various types of advanced cancer. …

… the effect of early integrated palliative care (PC) in oncology on quality of life (QOL) near the
end of life and use of health care … Early integrated palliative care in oncology is a valuable …

… A comprehensive systematic symptom assessment using the Integrated Palliative Care
Outcome Scale was performed at the same visit [13]. All medical care, including SPC, was …

… care, and healthcare costs. We evaluated such effects in patients with advanced gastric
cancer… or locally advanced not operable gastric cancer were randomized from 21 Italian centers …

… The study adds to the evidence on the effect of early integrated palliative care and offers
additional and new knowledge of a highly flexible and interdisciplinary model of delivery. …

… limited by its restriction to a single tumor entity in a single centre, and … Early integrated
palliative care could have a positive effect on less aggressiveness of treatment toward end of life. …

… integration of oncological care focused on the tumor and palliative care (PC) focused on the
patient with cancer. … and the high number of patients living longer with advanced disease …