1. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Palliative Care, Version 2.2021
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Justin N. Baker, Jessica Bauman, Finly Zachariah, Leslie A. Fecher, Jennifer Kapo, William Mitchell, Jennifer S. Temel, Jane deLima Thomas, Linda Sutton, Toby C. Campbell, Rajiv Agarwal, Mary Anne Bergman, Jean S. Kutner, Kavitha Ramchandran, Susan McCammon, Melissa L. Teply, Mallory Campbell, Joshua Jones, Danielle J. Doberman, Shalini Dalal, Stephanie Y. Terauchi, Anna C. Beck, Elise C. Carey, Diane Portman, Elizabeth T. Loggers, Amy A. Case, Maria Dans, Ndiya Ogba, Anne Walling, Adeboye Ogunseitan, Richard T. Lee, and Andrew S. Epstein
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Palliative care ,Illness trajectory ,business.industry ,Nonpharmacologic interventions ,MEDLINE ,Clinical expertise ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Quality of life (healthcare) ,Oncology ,Maladaptive coping ,Nursing ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Intervention (counseling) ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,business - Abstract
Palliative care has evolved to be an integral part of comprehensive cancer care with the goal of early intervention to improve quality of life and patient outcomes. The NCCN Guidelines for Palliative Care provide recommendations to help the primary oncology team promote the best quality of life possible throughout the illness trajectory for each patient with cancer. The NCCN Palliative Care Panel meets annually to evaluate and update recommendations based on panel members’ clinical expertise and emerging scientific data. These NCCN Guidelines Insights summarize the panel’s recent discussions and highlights updates on the importance of fostering adaptive coping strategies for patients and families, and on the role of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions to optimize symptom management.
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- 2021
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