RT Journal
A1 Mitka M
T1 CAncer experts recommend introducing palliative care at time of diagnosis
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD March 28
VO 307
IS 12
SP 1241
OP 1242
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.336
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.336
AB 
A movement to recognize more realistic scenarios that follow a cancer diagnosis is encouraging the use of palliative care much earlier in the treatment course. This shift is noticeable in the provisional clinical opinion released February 6 by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recommending that all patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer be offered palliative care along with standard cancer therapy beginning at the time of diagnosis (http://tinyurl.com/7lxjsqn).