Association of Early Palliative Care Use With Survival and Place of Death Among Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer Receiving Care in the Veterans Health Administration
Open Access
- 1 December 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Oncology
- Vol. 5 (12), 1702-1709
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.3105
Abstract
Palliative care has been reported to reduce patients’ physical symptom burden and improve their mood and quality of life.1 A meta-analysis has not established an association between palliative care and a survival benefit; however, the design and results of the studies included in the meta-analysis were mixed.1 A single clinical trial prespecified survival as a primary outcome,2 and only 2 others in the pooled analysis, 1 of which had a high risk of bias, reported a survival benefit.3,4Keywords
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