Patterns of Support Service, Emergency Department, and Hospital Utilization in Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Descriptive Study.

Context: Palliative care in oncology provides multiple benefits, however access to specialty palliative clinicians is limited in community cancer centers. Individual support services are more often available, but little is known on the utilization and impact of these services.

Objectives: To describe the utilization of outpatient support services in the advanced cancer population and the association with ED and hospital use in a community setting.

Models of Outpatient Palliative Care Clinics for Patients With Cancer.

Purpose: Early integration of outpatient palliative care (OPC) benefits patients with advanced cancer and also the health care systems in which these patients are seen. Successful development and implementation of models of OPC require attention to the needs and values of both the patients being served and the institution providing service.

Summary: In the 2016 clinical guideline, ASCO recommended integrating palliative care early in the disease trajectory alongside cancer-directed treatment.

An analysis of the clinical trial landscape for cutaneous melanoma.

Recognizing current trends and obstacles in melanoma clinical trial development is critical to future progress in this field. This article examines the melanoma research enterprise to identify changing trends and potential barriers to success. All trials registered at ClinicalTrials.

Reporting quality of abstracts in phase III clinical trials of systemic therapy in metastatic solid malignancies.

Background: Manuscript abstracts represent a critical source of information for oncology practitioners. Practitioners may utilize the information contained in abstracts as a basis for treatment decisions particularly when full-text articles are not accessible. In 2007, the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) extension statement for abstracts provided a minimum list of elements that should be included in abstracts.