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- Title
Would You Refer This Patient With Cancer to a Palliative Care Specialist?: Grand Rounds Discussion From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
- Authors
Reynolds, Eileen E.; Buss, Mary K.; Schlechter, Benjamin L.; Tess, Anjala
- Abstract
In 2016, the American Society of Clinical Oncology published a guideline recommending that all patients with advanced cancer be referred to palliative care providers. This recommendation was based on a series of trials showing that palliative care, when added to standard oncology treatment, improves outcomes, including quality of life. Here, 2 oncologists, 1 of whom is also a palliative care specialist, debate the guideline and discuss how best to care for a 71-year-old woman with metastatic neuroendocrine carcinoma who has a short life expectancy but feels well and has no symptoms related to her cancer or chemotherapy.
- Subjects
ISRAEL; AMERICAN Society of Clinical Oncology; CANCER patient care; ONCOLOGISTS; MEDICAL centers; PALLIATIVE treatment; CANCER chemotherapy; LIFE expectancy
- Publication
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2019, Vol 170, Issue 7, p488
- ISSN
0003-4819
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.7326/M19-0361