biostudies-literatureMcLouth LENIA NIH HHS831-836https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10277982biostudies-literatureUnknown26(6)<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 exacJournal of palliative medicinePrognostic Awareness, Palliative Care Use, and Barriers to Palliative Care in Patients Undergoing Immunotherapy or Chemo-Immunotherapy for Metastatic Lung Cancer.PMC10277982K23 AG070234Petty WJGolden SLLycan TWGabbard JLevine BJMcLouth LEWeaver KEfalsePrognostic Awareness, Palliative Care Use, and Barriers to Palliative Care in Patients Undergoing Immunotherapy or Chemo-Immunotherapy for Metastatic Lung Cancer.<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 exac2023-01-01T00:00:00Z2023 Jun2026-06-03T04:31:56.618Z2026-04-24T03:09:52.294ZS-EPMC102779823691280910.1089/jpm.2022.0352