{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["McLouth LE"],"funding":["NIA NIH HHS"],"pagination":["831-836"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10277982"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["26(6)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<b><i>Background and Objectives:</i></b> This study describes patients' prognostic awareness and palliative care use in the setting of immunotherapy for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC). <b><i>Design:</i></b> We surveyed 60 mNSCLC patients receiving immunotherapy at a large academic medical center; conducted follow-up interviews with 12 survey participants; and abstracted palliative care use, advance directive completion, and death within a year of survey completion from the medical record. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Forty seven percent of patients surveyed thought they would be cured; 83% were not interested in palliative care. Interviews suggested oncologists emphasized therapeutic options when discussing prognosis and that commonly used descriptions of palliative care may exac"],"journal":["Journal of palliative medicine"],"pubmed_title":["Prognostic Awareness, Palliative Care Use, and Barriers to Palliative Care in Patients Undergoing Immunotherapy or Chemo-Immunotherapy for Metastatic Lung Cancer."],"pmcid":["PMC10277982"],"funding_grant_id":["K23 AG070234"],"pubmed_authors":["Petty WJ","Golden SL","Lycan TW","Gabbard J","Levine BJ","McLouth LE","Weaver KE"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Prognostic Awareness, Palliative Care Use, and Barriers to Palliative Care in Patients Undergoing Immunotherapy or Chemo-Immunotherapy for Metastatic Lung Cancer.","description":"<b><i>Background and Objectives:</i></b> This study describes patients' prognostic awareness and palliative care use in the setting of immunotherapy for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC). <b><i>Design:</i></b> We surveyed 60 mNSCLC patients receiving immunotherapy at a large academic medical center; conducted follow-up interviews with 12 survey participants; and abstracted palliative care use, advance directive completion, and death within a year of survey completion from the medical record. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Forty seven percent of patients surveyed thought they would be cured; 83% were not interested in palliative care. Interviews suggested oncologists emphasized therapeutic options when discussing prognosis and that commonly used descriptions of palliative care may exac","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Jun","modification":"2026-06-03T04:31:56.618Z","creation":"2026-04-24T03:09:52.294Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10277982","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36912809"],"doi":["10.1089/jpm.2022.0352"]}}