Abstract
Early Integration of Palliative Care in the Care of Women with Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: The Time Is Now
Highlights
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA Keywords: ovarian cancer, palliative care, hospice, end of life, integration
In the most well known of the randomized studies in cancer patients, 151 patients with newly diagnosed metastatic non-small cell lung cancer were randomized to integration of outpatient palliative care from the time of cancer diagnosis versus usual oncologic care [1]
What exactly is palliative care and how is this care best provided? The World Health Organization (WHO) defines palliative care as “an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual”
Summary
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA Keywords: ovarian cancer, palliative care, hospice, end of life, integration The early integration of palliative care in the treatment of women with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer allows us to address this quandary and improve quality of life but in some cases prolong life.
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