ASCO palliative care expert panel provides recommendations to integrate health equity into guideline development

ASCO palliative care expert panel provides recommendations to integrate health equity into guideline development 
OncLive, Cranbury, NJ; by Kyle Doherty; 9/4/24 
The ASCO Palliative Care Expert Panel [American Society of Clinical Oncology], in collaboration with ASCO’s Health Equity and Outcomes Committee, has published recommendations for integrating health equity measures into future guideline updates. Recommendations advocated for partnerships with increased representation from historically marginalized groups and patient and community-based advocates; a reinforcement of implicit bias training for Expert Panel members as a component of guideline preparation; stratified recommendations and/or guidelines for additional groups; and the review and appraisal of future recommendations by the Expert Panel, patient as well as community advocates, and ASCO reviewers for the inclusion of proper health equity measures before publication.