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NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Palliative Care, Version 2.2021

  • Maria Dans
  • , Jean S. Kutner
  • , Rajiv Agarwal
  • , Justin N. Baker
  • , Jessica R. Bauman
  • , Anna C. Beck
  • , Toby C. Campbell
  • , Elise C. Carey
  • , Amy A. Case
  • , Shalini Dalal
  • , Danielle J. Doberman
  • , Andrew S. Epstein
  • , Leslie Fecher
  • , Joshua Jones
  • , Jennifer Kapo
  • , Richard T. Lee
  • , Elizabeth T. Loggers
  • , Susan McCammon
  • , William Mitchell
  • , Adeboye B. Ogunseitan
  • Diane G. Portman, Kavitha Ramchandran, Linda Sutton, Jennifer Temel, Melissa L. Teply, Stephanie Y. Terauchi, Jane Thomas, Anne M. Walling, Finly Zachariah, Mary Anne Bergman, Ndiya Ogba, Mallory Campbell
  • Washington University St. Louis
  • University of Colorado
  • Vanderbilt University
  • St. Jude Children Research Hospital
  • University of Utah
  • University ofWisconsin
  • Mayo Clinic
  • Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Yale University
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  • Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • University of California at San Diego
  • Northwestern University
  • University of South Florida
  • Stanford University
  • Duke University
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
  • University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • University of California at Los Angeles
  • City ofHopeNational Medical Center
  • National Comprehensive Cancer Network

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Abstract

Palliative care has evolvedtobeanintegral part of comprehensive cancer carewith thegoal of early intervention toimprove 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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)780-788
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN
Volume19
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2021

Keywords

  • Humans
  • Medical Oncology
  • Neoplasms/therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Quality of Life

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