SynthesisSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2013
Concepts and definitions for "supportive care," "best supportive care," "palliative care," and "hospice care" in the published literature, dictionaries, and textbooks.
Synthesis in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03632850 (Shared Decision-making), which is not on this map. Cited by 131 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Shared Decision-making: Investigating the Potential of an Interactive, Web-Based, Information Tool for People With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Who cites it
131 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- EASL position paper on palliative care in advanced chronic liver disease.JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2026Guideline
- Effects of music-based interventions on cancer-related pain, fatigue, and distress: an overview of systematic reviews.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review with evidence mapping of supportive care interventions for melanoma patients and caregivers.Cancer medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Systematic review of conceptual and theoretical frameworks used in palliative care and end-of-life care research studies.Palliative medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Supportive Care Interventions for People With Cancer Assisted by Digital Technology: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- Real-world ethics in palliative care: A systematic review of the ethical challenges reported by specialist palliative care practitioners in their clinical practice.Palliative medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Economic Evaluation of Digital Health Interventions in Palliative Care: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Frontiers in digital health · 2021Pooled it
- Approaches to integrating palliative care into African health systems: a qualitative systematic review.Health policy and planning · 2020Pooled it
- Use and Meaning of "Goals of Care" in the Healthcare Literature: a Systematic Review and Qualitative Discourse Analysis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Palliative care utilization in oncology and hemato-oncology: a systematic review of cognitive barriers and facilitators from the perspective of healthcare professionals, adult patients, and their families.BMC palliative care · 2020Pooled it
- Perspectives of elders and their adult children of Black and minority ethnic heritage on end-of-life conversations: A meta-ethnography.Palliative medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of palliative care interventions offering social support to people with life-limiting illness-A systematic review.European journal of cancer care · 2018Pooled it
- Early palliative care for adults with advanced cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Integration of oncology and palliative care: a systematic review.The oncologist · 2015Pooled it
- Definition of supportive care: does the semantic matter?Current opinion in oncology · 2014Pooled it
- Concepts and definitions for "actively dying," "end of life," "terminally ill," "terminal care," and "transition of care": a systematic review.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2014Pooled it
- Using patient-reported outcome measures to deliver enhanced supportive care to people with lung cancer: feasibility and acceptability of a nurse-led consultation model.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2018Trial
- "Nursing home staff's reasoning about providing palliative care following an educational intervention - a qualitative interview study".BMC nursing · 2026Article
- [Documentation of changes in goals of care in intensive care units - retrospective medical record analysis of deceased patients].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2026Article
- From Symptom Control to Precision Supportive Oncology: Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Supportive Oncology for Gastrointestinal Cancers.Current oncology reports · 2026Review
71 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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12 authors.
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Abstract
purposeCommonly used terms such as "supportive care," "best supportive care," "palliative care," and "hospice care" were rarely and inconsistently defined in the palliative oncology literature. We conducted a systematic review of the literature to further identify concepts and definitions for these terms.
methodsWe searched MEDLINE, PsycInfo, EMBASE, and CINAHL for published peer-reviewed articles from 1948 to 2011 that conceptualized, defined, or examined these terms. Two researchers independently reviewed each citation for inclusion and then extracted the concepts/definitions when available. Dictionaries/textbooks were also searched.
resultsNine of 32 "SC/BSC," 25 of 182 "PC," and 12 of 42 "HC" articles focused on providing a conceptual framework/definition. Common concepts for all three terms were symptom control and quality-of-life for patients with life-limiting illness. "SC" focused more on patients on active treatment compared to other categories (9/9 vs. 8/37) and less often involved interdisciplinary care (4/9 vs. 31/37). In contrast, "HC" focused more on volunteers (6/12 vs. 6/34), bereavement care (9/12 vs. 7/34), and community care (9/12 vs. 6/34). Both "PC" and "SC/BSC" were applicable earlier in the disease trajectory (16/34 vs. 0/9). We found 13, 24, and 17 different definitions for "SC/BSC," "PC," and "HC," respectively. "SC/BSC" was the most variably defined, ranging from symptom management during cancer therapy to survivorship care. Dictionaries/textbooks showed similar findings.
conclusionWe identified defining concepts for "SC/BSC," "PC," and "HC" and developed a preliminary conceptual framework unifying these terms along the continuum of care to help build consensus toward standardized definitions.
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