Background: Palliative care specialists are experts in conducting advance care planning
(ACP) but are a limited resource. Oncology nurses often have special relationships with their …

Over the past decade, a large body of evidence has accumulated supporting the integration
of palliative care into oncology practice for patients with advanced cancer. The question is …

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 …

Simple Summary Timely palliative care is palliative care personalized based on patients'
needs and delivered at the optimal time and setting. It involves a systematic process to …

Objective With increasing evidence from controlled trials on benefits of early palliative care,
there is a need for studies examining implementation in real‐world settings. The …

A recently updatedclinical practice guideline from the American Society of Clinical Oncology
(ASCO) strongly recommends that all patients with advanced cancer receive palliative care …

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 …

PURPOSE: Palliative care (PC) improves outcomes in advanced cancer, and guidelines
recommend early outpatient referral. However, many PC teams see more inpatient than …

Background Evidence from randomized controlled trials has demonstrated benefits in quality
of life outcomes from early palliative care concurrent with standard oncology care in patients …

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 …