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This chapter will address the role of palliative care across the cancer care continuum, with emphasis on advance care planning, communication, and decision-making. It will also provide readers with management strategies for common symptoms experienced by patients at the end of life.

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  1. Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA

    Linda Overholser

  2. Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA

    Allison Wolfe

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  1. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Larissa Nekhlyudov

  2. Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Mita Sanghavi Goel

  3. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Jenny J. Lin

  4. University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora , Aurora, CO, USA

    Linda Overholser

  5. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Kimberly S. Peairs

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Overholser, L., Wolfe, A. (2019). Palliative Care/End-of-Life Care. In: Nekhlyudov, L., Goel, M., Lin, J., Overholser, L., Peairs, K. (eds) Caring for Patients Across the Cancer Care Continuum. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01896-2_7

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