Early Palliative Care for Patients with Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Abstract

Among patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer, early palliative care led to significant improvements in both quality of life and mood. As compared with patients receiving standard care, patients receiving early palliative care had less aggressive care at the end of life but longer survival. (Funded by an American Society of Clinical Oncology Career Development Award and philanthropic gifts; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01038271.)

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MedicinePalliative careAmbulatory careDiseaseAmbulatoryLung cancerCancerEnd-of-life careIntensive care medicineOncologyInternal medicineHealth careNursing

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Year: 2010
Type: article
Volume: 363
Issue: 8
Pages: 733-742
Citations: 7131
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                                    Jennifer S. Temel, 
                                
                                    Joseph A. Greer, 
                                
                                    Alona Muzikansky
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            Early Palliative Care for Patients with Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 363
                            (8)
                            , 733-742.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1000678
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1000678