title: Palliative care needs of cancer survivors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the importance of early integration of palliative care into cancer survivor care. To discuss common symptoms experienced by cancer survivors and how integration of palliative care can improve management.
  
  
  METHODS
  Peer-reviewed literature, Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, Institute of Medicine report: From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor-Lost in Transition.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Primary symptoms may vary depending on disease, age, treatment, and other comorbidities. A multidisciplinary palliative care team can help manage the primary late effects for cancer survivors including fatigue, depressive symptoms, anxiety and distress, pain, and sleep disturbance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The long-term and late effects of cancer survivors will best be provided for by knowledgeable nurses who can anticipate and integrate palliative care into survivorship care early in their treatment plan.
authors.forename: Denice
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Economou
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D011379:Prognosis; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States
keywords: Cancer survivor; late effects; long-term effects; multidisciplinary care; palliative care