Planning the Transition to End-of-Life Care in Advanced Cancer (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version
SECTIONS
- Overview
- Quality of End-of-Life Care in Patients With Advanced Cancer
- Factors That Influence End-of-Life Care Decisions and Outcomes
- Potential Barriers to Planning the Transition to End-of-Life Care
- Supportive Care, Palliative Care, and Hospice in Advanced Cancer
- Strategies to Improve Patient-Oncologist Communication and Decision Making in Advanced Cancer
- The Oncology Clinician’s Role in Planning the Transition to End-of-Life Care
- Changes to This Summary (03/01/2017)
- About This PDQ Summary
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Changes to This Summary (03/01/2017)
The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.
Revised text to state that the American Cancer Society estimates that more than 600,000 Americans will die of cancer in 2017 (cited American Cancer Society 2017 as reference 1).
Added American Cancer Society 2017 as reference 7.
This summary is written and maintained by the PDQ Supportive and Palliative Care Editorial Board, which is editorially independent of NCI. The summary reflects an independent review of the literature and does not represent a policy statement of NCI or NIH. More information about summary policies and the role of the PDQ Editorial Boards in maintaining the PDQ summaries can be found on the About This PDQ Summary and PDQ® - NCI's Comprehensive Cancer Database pages.
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