Palliative Care Referral @ NSCLC Dx

[brimcmike]

Here's a pretty interesting, dichotomy-busting study from last week's NEJM:

Early Palliative Care for Patients with Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
As compared with patients receiving standard care, patients also receiving early palliative care had significant improvements in both quality of life and mood, received aggressive end-of-life care and median survival was longer among patients receiving early palliative care (11.6 months vs. 8.9 months, P=0.02).

And, the associated editorial:

Palliative Care — A Shifting Paradigm

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[brimcmike]

Oops! That should be "...received less aggressive end-of-life care.... "