Symptom Burden and Palliative Referral Disparities in an Ambulatory South Texas Cancer Center

Symptom Burden and Palliative Referral Disparities in an Ambulatory South Texas Cancer Center

Background: The American Society of Clinical Oncology's recommendation for “dedicated palliative care services, early in the disease course, concurrent with active treatment” for cancer patients is a challenge for cancer centers to accommodate. Despite demonstrated benefits of concurrent care,...

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Main Authors: Sherri Rauenzahn Cervantez, Laura L. Tenner, Susanne Schmidt, Ifeoma O. Aduba, Jessica T. Jones, Nazneen Ali, Savitri Singh-Carlson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
palliative
symptom assessment
disparities
Hispanic
cancer
ESAS
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2018.00443/full

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