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

...Treatment

Treatment RecommendationsGeneral Note: The fo...


...lease note that ASCO used guideline...


...1Clinicians should refer patients with advanced...


...ndation 1aPalliative care for patients...


...ndation 1bPatients with advanced cancer...


...2Among patients with cancer with unaddres...


Recommendation 3Clinicians from across the interdi...


...tion 4For patients with advanced cancer, the E...


...ommendation 5Clinicians should refer patients with...


...ecommendation 6Clinicians caring for pa...


...1. Primary Palliative Care versus...


...ASCO believes that cancer clinical trials a...