Arif Kamal, MD, MBA, assistant professor of medicine (Medical Oncology), and Thomas LeBlanc, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy), published an online article in JAMA Viewpoint on May 31.
In the paper, "Better Palliative Care for All: Improving the Lived Experience With Cancer," the authors write that, with Vice President Joseph Biden's call for research to cure cancer there needs to be increased attention to the quality of life of people living with cancer and the effect of cancer treatment.