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@colleenyoung

Carlies, in some hospitals the term symptom management is used interchangeably with palliative care. In the example that @roch shared they are different teams, but they work together. As you may know, palliative care deals with symptom management and is not exclusively end-of-life care. Palliative oncology is increasingly being added to the cancer care team at point of diagnosis. Are palliative experts part of your care team?

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We’ve only seen palliative twice. The first time was early last spring. The second late spring for pain not related to cancer. The consults were not ‘overly impressive’. We have an appt tomorrow with palliative oncology per one of the docs suggestions. Big hopes it’s worthwhile.