Palliative Care, Version 1.2014

• DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2014.0136
• Publication Date: 2017-04-14T16:04:27Z
• Authors: Michael H. Levy; Thomas Smith; Amy Alvarez-Perez; Anthony Back; Justin N. Baker; Susan Block; Shirley N. Codada; Shalini Dalal; Maria Dans; Jean S. Kutner; Elizabeth Kvale; Sumathi Misra; William Mitchell; Todd M. Sauer; David Spiegel; Linda Sutton; Robert M. Taylor; Jennifer Temel; Roma Tickoo; Susan G. Urba; Carin Van Zyl; Sharon M. Weinstein; Mary Anne Bergman; Jillian L. Scavone
• Keywords: Advance Care Planning; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Caregivers; Neoplasms; Patient-Centered Care; Palliative Care; Humans; Social Support; 3. Good health

The NCCN Guidelines for Palliative Care provide interdisciplinary recommendations on palliative care for patients with cancer. These NCCN Guidelines Insights summarize the NCCN panel's discussions and guideline updates from 2013 and 2014. These include modifications/additions to palliative care screening and assessment protocols, new considerations for discussing the benefits and risks of anticancer therapy, and approaches to advance care planning. Recent updates focus on enhanced patient-centered care and seek to promote earlier integration of palliative care and advance care planning in oncology.