title: Integrating palliative care into active cancer treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the evidence that palliative care, provided concurrently with disease-modifying treatment early in the course of a cancer diagnosis, can improve quality of life, length of survival, symptom burden, mood, and utilization of health services.
  
  
  METHODS
  Current research, the National Consensus Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology Provisional Opinion on Integrating Palliative Care into Standard Oncology Care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite recommendations and evidence, only a subset of cancer centers and community-based oncology clinics currently implement palliative care into ambulatory disease-focused cancer care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Oncology nurses can improve access by becoming knowledgeable about generalist palliative care and by advocating for local and national practice change.
authors.forename: Polly
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mazanec
authors.forename: Maryjo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prince-Paul
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States
keywords: Oncology nursing; Palliative care; Quality cancer care; Symptom management