Six U.S. health systems and cancer centers have joined the recently launched Together for Supportive Cancer Care consortium alongside more than 30 research institutions and advocacy groups with the aim to make supportive cancer care the standard of care.
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.