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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...RecommendationsGeneral Note: The fo...
...that ASCO used guideline methodology f...
...endation 1Clinicians should refer patie...
...ommendation 1aPalliative care for patients wit...
Recommendation 1bPatients with advanced cancer s...
...ation 2Among patients with cancer w...
...n 3Clinicians from across the interd...
...n 4For patients with advanced cancer, the Expe...
...commendation 5Clinicians should refer...
...mmendation 6Clinicians caring for patients in...
...e 1. Primary Palliative Care versus Spe...
...that cancer clinical trials are vital to...