Advanced lung cancer: Studies explore palliative care delivered by telehealth and in a stepped-care approach

Advanced lung cancer: Studies explore palliative care delivered by telehealth and in a stepped-care approach
The ASCO Post - American Society of Clinical Oncology; by Alice Goodman; 6/25/24 Early palliative care can be integrated into the course of treatment for patients with advanced lung cancer via delivery by telehealth with outcomes similar to when palliative care is delivered via in-person visits, according to results of the REACH PC trial presented by Joseph Greer, PhD, of Harvard Medical School, Boston, at the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting Plenary Session. A separate randomized noninferiority study presented at the ASCO meeting by Jennifer S. Temel, MD, FASCO, also of Harvard Medical School, Boston, found that stepped palliative care was noninferior to monthly visits with early integrated palliative care. Results of the stepped-care study were published in JAMA to coincide with the presentation at ASCO. [This article includes:]

• Benefits of Telehealth ...
• REACH PC Details ...
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Editor's Note: This article describes implications and practical uses of a research article we posted on June 8, and again in our Sunday "Most Read" articles on June 16, "Stepped palliative care for patients with advanced lung cancer: A randomized clinical trial."