A “potentially practice-changing” consensus of expert opinion was published online early this month by the American Society of Clinical Oncology and directed to its members who are physicians who treat cancer. ASCO wants to end the current, inhumane practice that makes people with advanced cancer choose between treatment and comfort care via hospice. Instead, both should be offered at the same time, according to the new report. Unfortunately, Medicare will pay for the oncologist who administers chemotherapy but withholds payment for hospice care until the patient agrees to stop life prolonging or curative treatment.
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