Early Integrated Palliative Care Within a Surgical Oncology Clinic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Advance directive (AD) designation is an important component of advance care planning (ACP) that helps align care with patient goals. However, it is underutilized in high-risk surgical patients with cancer, and multiple barriers contribute to the low AD designation rates in this population.

Objective

To assess the association of early palliative care integration with changes in AD designation among patients with cancer who underwent surgery.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study was a retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained registry of adult patients who underwent elective surgery for advanced abdominal and soft tissue malignant tumors at a surgical oncology clinic in a comprehensive cancer center with expertise in regional therap

SUBMITTER: Bansal VV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10630898 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature