Supportive care is a “whole person approach” to cancer care in which patients receive “physical, emotional, spiritual, community, decision-making, social and economic support.” The consortium aims to increase access to this type of care for all cancer patients, according to a Sept. 30 news release from the group.
The health systems and cancer centers joining the consortium are Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope, Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, Salt Lake City-based Huntsman Cancer Institute, Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Renton, Wash.-based Providence.
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