Advance care planning in adults with oral cancer: Multi-institutional cross-sectional study.

In this multi-institutional cross-sectional study of two large academic centers, we have demonstrated that advance care planning and documentation is overall poor in patients undergoing surgery for oral cancer. These findings may have health policy implications, as advance care planning is associated with increased patient and provider satisfaction and improved alignment of patient goals and care delivered. Future work will investigate barriers and facilitators to advance care-planning documentation in this setting.