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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...endationsGeneral Note: The following recommendat...
...t ASCO used guideline methodology for the mod...
...ndation 1Clinicians should refer patients wi...
...1aPalliative care for patients with advanced ca...
...bPatients with advanced cancer should re...
...2Among patients with cancer with unaddresse...
...n 3Clinicians from across the interdis...
...4For patients with advanced cancer, the Expert...
...ation 5Clinicians should refer patients with hemat...
...ecommendation 6Clinicians caring for patients in...
...ary Palliative Care versus Specialt...
...SCO believes that cancer clinical trials a...