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. 2021 Jul 28;19(7):780-788.
doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2021.0033.

NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Palliative Care, Version 2.2021

Maria Dans  1 , Jean S Kutner  2 , Rajiv Agarwal  3 , Justin N Baker  4 , Jessica R Bauman  5 , Anna C Beck  6 , Toby C Campbell  7 , Elise C Carey  8 , Amy A Case  9 , Shalini Dalal  10 , Danielle J Doberman  11 , Andrew S Epstein  12 , Leslie Fecher  13 , Joshua Jones  14 , Jennifer Kapo  15 , Richard T Lee  16 , Elizabeth T Loggers  17 , Susan McCammon  18 , William Mitchell  19 , Adeboye B Ogunseitan  20 , Diane G Portman  21 , Kavitha Ramchandran  22 , Linda Sutton  23 , Jennifer Temel  24 , Melissa L Teply  25 , Stephanie Y Terauchi  26 , Jane Thomas  27 , Anne M Walling  28 , Finly Zachariah  29 , Mary Anne Bergman  30 , Ndiya Ogba  30 , Mallory Campbell  30
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NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Palliative Care, Version 2.2021

Maria Dans et al. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. .

Abstract

Palliative care has evolved to be an integral part of comprehensive cancer care with the goal of early intervention to improve quality of life and patient outcomes. The NCCN Guidelines for Palliative Care provide recommendations to help the primary oncology team promote the best quality of life possible throughout the illness trajectory for each patient with cancer. The NCCN Palliative Care Panel meets annually to evaluate and update recommendations based on panel members' clinical expertise and emerging scientific data. These NCCN Guidelines Insights summarize the panel's recent discussions and highlights updates on the importance of fostering adaptive coping strategies for patients and families, and on the role of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions to optimize symptom management.

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