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Palliative care for cancer: Podcast with Jennifer Temel and Areej El-Jawahri

GeriPal

Areej: I think it was 2016. Eric: 2016. And I think the most, I mean we can argue like why was this paper so important, I think this was the very first palliative care trial in people undergoing curative therapy. I entered this field wanting to actually optimize end of life care for patients with blood cancers.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

In this PONDER-ICU trial, we didn’t rely on palliative care specialists; we engaged bedside clinicians to have ICU communication and adhere to guidelines. Eric: And that’s similar to the 2016 JAMA paper, right? It was the first randomized palliative care trial in hematology, is the way that I think of it.