Patient-Centered Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer
In an article published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, authors Jennifer S. Temel, MD, et al. discuss how changes in lung cancer treatment have affected the provision of palliative care. They found that patients living with advanced lung cancer, who are treated with newer therapies (e.g., immunotherapy or targeted therapy), may have different palliative care needs than people treated with cytotoxic chemotherapy. Those undergoing newer therapies may face unique challenges in how they manage novel side effect profiles, and more.