Opinion statement As palliative care (PC) continues its rapid growth, an emerging body of
evidence is demonstrating that its approach of interdisciplinary supportive care benefits …

Palliative care (PC) concurrent with usual oncology care is now the standard of care that is
recommended for any patient with advanced cancer to begin within 8 weeks of diagnosis on …

The provision of specialty palliative care alongside oncology care is now recommended by
the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) on the basis of multiple randomized trials …

Evidence addressing the benefit of palliative care for patients with metastatic cancer, with or
without standard oncology care, is drawn from trials of best supportive care with or without …

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: Many cancer patients do not receive recommended palliative care (PC).
Oncologists' perspectives about PC have not been adequately described qualitatively and …

Palliative care has received increasing attention at the American Society of Clinical
Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting since the publication of its provisional clinical opinion on …

Purpose An American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) provisional clinical opinion
(PCO) offers timely clinical direction to ASCO's membership following publication or …

TO THE EDITOR: Several recent publications1, 2 make a persuasive case for optimizing
palliative care delivery within cancer care; however, the feasibility of efforts that rely solely …

Purpose Specialized palliative care (SPC) is currently underutilized or provided late in
cancer care. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to critically evaluate the …