by John Schumann, MD
Every once in awhile amidst the weekly deluge of medical articles comes a show-stopper that has the potential to change the way we practice.
Rarer yet is the article that not only changes how we practice, but calls into question why we do what we do.
This recent article from the New England Journal of Medicine is just such an article. Before you bolt, let me simplify it for you.
Here’s the quick take.The authors enrolled 150 patients with advanced lung cancer and split them up between usual care, which included chemotherapy, and an intervention arm, in which they received the same standard of care treatment plus early enrollment in palliative care.
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