Time and location of specialty palliative care for women dying with metastatic breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite guideline recommendations, evidence suggests many women with metastatic breast cancer (mBC) do not receive specialty palliative care services despite high morbidity burden. Given the varied prognoses and disease trajectories of women with mBC, relatively little is known about palliative care delivery in this growing population, including timing and frequency of visits, location (inpatient vs. outpatient), and reasons for referral.

Methods

Using electronic health record and tumor registry data from a North Texas Comprehensive Cancer Center (2010-2023), we identified women who died with de novo or recurrent mBC. We examined receipt of palliative care (inpatient and outpatient), reasons for referral, and timing of palliative care encounters by duration of pat

SUBMITTER: King A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12406229 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature