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ReviewCurrent treatment options in oncology2016

Integrated Palliative Care and Oncologic Care in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

Divya Chandrasekar, Erika Tribett, Kavitha Ramchandran

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Review in Current treatment options in oncology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Portraying a grim illness: lung cancer in novels, poems, films, music, and paintings.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Divya ChandrasekarHospice and Palliative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2502 Galahad Court, San Jose, CA, 95122, USA. divya3@stanford.edu.
Erika TribettGeneral Medical Disciplines, Stanford University School of Medicine, Medical School Office Building, 1265 Welch Road, MC 5475, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Kavitha RamchandranOutpatient Palliative Medicine, Stanford Cancer Institute, Medical School Office Building, 1265 Welch Road MC 5475, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

opinion statementPalliative care integrated into standard medical oncologic care will transform the way we approach and practice oncologic care. Integration of appropriate components of palliative care into oncologic treatment using a pathway-based approach will be described in this review. Care pathways build on disease status (early, locally advanced, advanced) as well as patient and family needs. This allows for an individualized approach to care and is the best means for proactive screening, assessment, and intervention, to ensure that all palliative care needs are met throughout the continuum of care. Components of palliative care that will be discussed include assessment of physical symptoms, psychosocial distress, and spiritual distress. Specific components of these should be integrated based on disease trajectory, as well as clinical assessment. Palliative care should also include family and caregiver education, training, and support, from diagnosis through survivorship and end of life. Effective integration of palliative care interventions have the potential to impact quality of life and longevity for patients, as well as improve caregiver outcomes.

Indexed as

Palliative CareCancer PainCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCaregiversHumansLung NeoplasmsStress, PsychologicalCaregiverGeriatricLifestyleMultidisciplinaryNon-small-cell lung cancerPalliativePsychosocialQuality of lifeSpiritualSurvivorshipSymptomValue

Identifiers

PMID27032645
PMCPMC4819778

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