NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Palliative Care, Version 2.2021

Overview

Journal J Natl Compr Canc Netw

Specialty Oncology

Date 2021 Aug 2

PMID 34340208

Citations 27

Authors

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

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Abstract

Palliative care has evolved to be an integral part of comprehensive cancer care with the goal of early intervention to improve 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.

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