Intervention increases palliative cancer care consultations/lowers EOL care

Intervention increases palliative cancer care consultations/lowers EOL care 
CancerNetwork.com; by Roman Fabbricatore; 3/11/25
A palliative care (PC) intervention combining algorithm-based automated identification of patients eligible for PC led to an increase in PC visits and a decrease in end-of-life systemic therapy among patients with cancer, according to a randomized clinical study (NCT05590962) published in JAMA Network Open. ... "...  Prior efficacy trials in oncology have tested early PC in controlled, primarily academic settings.2To our knowledge, this is the first effectiveness randomized clinical trial of algorithm-driven default specialty PC in community oncology.”