title: Reply to the letter to the editor 'Integration between oncology and palliative care: does one size fit all?' by Verna et al.
authors.affiliation: Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA dhui@mdanderson.org.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.affiliation: Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.affiliation: Oncological Palliative Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Cantonal Hospital, St Gallen, Switzerland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Strasser
authors.affiliation: Department of Palliative and Supportive Care and Seirei Hospice, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.affiliation: Palliative Care, Pain Therapy and Rehabilitation, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caraceni
authors.affiliation: Department of Solid Tumor Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: Cancer Pain and Palliative Medicine Service, Department of Medical Oncology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cherny
authors.affiliation: European Palliative Care Research Centre, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and The Cancer Clinic, St Olavs Hospital-Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaasa
authors.affiliation: Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Currow
authors.affiliation: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abernethy
authors.affiliation: Division of Palliative Care Medicine, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nekolaichuk
authors.affiliation: Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bruera
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058996:Quality Improvement; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D018511:Systems Integration