Hospice News June 21, 2024
Aggressive treatment to terminally ill advanced cancer patients did not increase their lifespan, a recent study found.
Researchers from the Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Connecticut, and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston conducted the study, which appeared in JAMA Oncology. They found no significant differences in the length of survival between those who underwent aggressive treatment at the end of life and those who did not.
The study highlights a need for oncologists to revisit goals-of-care conversations with patients as they near the end of life, including discussions of hospice.
“If there are times when it’s futile to continue care and instead, oncologists should shift focus to palliative and supportive care? Signs points to...
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