Ramy Sedhom: New ASCO Guideline on Palliative Care

Ramy Sedhom shared on X: .

“New ASCO Guideline on Palliative Care for Patients with Cancer:

• Early referral to SPECIALIZED PC leads to improved QOL, mood, higher likelihood of documenting EOL preferences
• PC teams are fundamentally interdisciplinary
• PC benefits caregivers emotionally/psychologically
• Referral should be “timely” – do not wait until cessation of therapy
• PC helps pts with hematologic malignancies and those on phase I trials

Very cool and satisfying to see 3 of our papers referenced in the guideline!

• Precision Palliative Care (Ravi B. Parikh)
• PC, Hospice Use, Phase I Trials (Arjun Gupta)
• PROs, Patient Experience Phase I Trials“

Source: Ramy Sedhom/X

Ramy Sedhom holds positions as Assistant Professor of Hematology and Oncology at Perelman School of Medicine and Director of Medical Oncology and Palliative Care at Penn Medicine’s Princeton Medical Center.

His work focuses on palliative care integration, geriatric assessment, psycho-oncology, caregiver distress, and remote patient monitoring, with publications in leading journals.

Nationally, he contributes to guideline panels and committees, including the NCCN Guideline Panel for Older Adults with Cancer, and leadership roles within ASCO.