Early Palliative Care for Patients with Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (DRAFT)

This chapter provides an overview and commentary on the 2010 study by Temel and colleagues regarding early palliative care for patients with non-small cell lung cancer. It describes the trial design and findings while also providing a concise critique of the study and a brief review of relevant subsequent studies. The chapter describes the basics of the study, including funding, year study began, year study was published, study location, who was studied, who was excluded, how many patients, study design, study intervention, follow-up, endpoints, results, and criticism and limitations. The chapter briefly reviews other relevant studies and information, gives a summary and discusses implications, and concludes with a relevant clinical case.