TY  - JOUR
T1  - CAncer experts recommend introducing palliative care at time of diagnosis
AU  - Mitka M
Y1  - 2012/03/28
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.336
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1241
EP  - 1242
VL  - 307
IS  - 12
N2  - 
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).

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.336
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.336
ER  -