Research finds low uptake of supportive care at the end-of-life for patients with advanced cancer

Published Date: 22 Feb 2025

Despite considerable efforts to improve the quality of end-of-life care in the United States, a new retrospective study led by American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers revealed that close to half of patients with advanced ...

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