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Case Reports
. 2015 Jul 10;33(20):2314-7.
doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.60.3274. Epub 2015 Apr 27.

Palliative Oncologists: Specialists in the Science and Art of Patient Care

David Hui  1 , Esmé Finlay  2 , Mary K Buss  2 , Eric E Prommer  2 , Eduardo Bruera  2
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Palliative Oncologists: Specialists in the Science and Art of Patient Care

David Hui et al. J Clin Oncol. .
No abstract available

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Authors' disclosures of potential conflicts of interest are found in the article online at www.jco.org.

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Fig 1.
Fig 1.
Training pathways for supportive/palliative oncologists. Physicians interested in supportive/palliative oncology may (A) pursue an oncology fellowship followed by a palliative care fellowship, which may occur either immediately after or sometimes after years of oncology practice; (B) pursue these fellowships in a reverse order; or (C) enroll in a handful of integrated oncology/palliative care fellowships.
Fig 2.
Fig 2.
Research opportunities in supportive/palliative oncology. Supportive/palliative oncologists, because of their specialized training, are well equipped to participate in multiple areas of research, including (A) cancer treatment trials (eg, on quality-of-life assessments, supportive care end points, adverse effects), (B) palliative care issues at the end of life (ie, 6 months or less of life expectancy), (C) treatment decisions at the end of life, and (D) promotion of cancer care delivery models that introduce palliative care principles early in the disease trajectory. The last two topic areas are of particular interest to supportive/palliative oncology researchers because of their combined expertise and patient access.
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Comment in

  • Pediatric Palliative Oncology: A New Training Model for an Emerging Field.
    Snaman JM, Kaye EC, Levine DR, Chesney PJ, Jackson WC, Cunningham MJ, Baker JN. Snaman JM, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Jan 20;34(3):288-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.63.0178. Epub 2015 Nov 23. J Clin Oncol. 2016. PMID: 26598743 No abstract available.
  • Reply to J.M. Snaman et al.
    Hui D, Finlay E, Buss MK, Prommer E, Bruera E. Hui D, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Jan 20;34(3):289. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.64.4799. Epub 2015 Nov 23. J Clin Oncol. 2016. PMID: 26598754 No abstract available.

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