Supportive Care in Lung Cancer: Improving Value in the Era of Modern Therapies.

Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book

From the Departments of Radiation Oncology and Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Center for East West Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; Duke Cancer Institute and Duke Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC.

Published: May 2018

Driven by a discipline-wide imperative to maximize patient centeredness and value, supportive care services have experienced remarkable growth and acceptance in oncology care. Two such services with a growing evidence base and examples of routine integration into usual oncology care are palliative care and integrative medicine. Both focus on the patient experience with cancer during and after cancer-directed treatments occur, from diagnosis through survivorship or end-of-life care. With a frame of increasing value for all in the oncology care ecosystem, we highlight the evidence for how these two disciplines can improve the experience of patients with cancer and their loved ones. We further highlight how additional focus in palliative care and integrative medicine can continue to build toward a shared vision of high-value, high-quality cancer care.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/EDBK_201369DOI Listing

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