Defining palliative opportunities in pediatric patients with bone and soft tissue sarcomas.
Jonathan S EbelharKristen AllenNicholas DeGrooteKaren Wasilewski-MaskerKatharine E BrockPublished in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2020)
Patients with sarcomas incur repeated events warranting subspecialty PC, which increase toward the end-of-life. Increased PC utilization may help decrease suffering and bolster family coping during these episodes. Additional work should further refine if opportunities differ across cancers, and how to incorporate this framework into clinical oncology care to prevent missed opportunities for PC.