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New RCT out! The BMT-CARE App, a digital psychosocial intervention for HSCT family caregivers, significantly improved QOL, depression, burden, and PTSD symptoms vs. usual care. Important work led by Drs. Jamie Jacobs & @Areejmd 👉pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4044… #caregiving #hapc

Getting to reunite in-person with your heroes/role models/mentors at #ASCO25 is the magic of @ASCO! So thankful for these inspiring women (& others not pictured!) who have shaped my career path & vision in such meaningful ways with their work and mentorship🩷 #pallonc #supponc

So sad to miss this and the opportunity to chat IRL with everyone.

Mentorship on the agenda this morning with @Areejmd and @RoelandMd — can’t think of better people to learn from! #ASCO25

Dr @RoelandMd & Dr @Areejmd spoke about mentorship at @PallOncCoP #ASCO25! ➡️Reach out for mentorship (consider those senior to you AND peers!) ➡️Derive joy in the process & work w others you enjoy ➡️Set expectations early ➡️Not every mentor will vibe w you- find one that does!

BMT-CARE App: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Psychosocial Digital Application for Caregivers of Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation. ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.120… @ASCO @JCO_ASCO @JCOOP_ASCO #ASCO25 #PallOnc #CancerResearch @MGHCancerCenter @Areejmd

📲LIVE from #ASCO25 Caregivers of #StemCellTransplant patients “experience anxiety and depression at higher rates than patients themselves” noted Dr. Jamie Jacobs @MassGeneralNews @harvardmed A psychosocial digital app may help restore #QualityofLife ⬇️ healio.com/news/hematology-o…

‼️ #ASCO25 simultaneous publication by Jacobs et al.:  BMT-CARE App: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Psychosocial Digital Application for Caregivers of Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation. Read the full article: brnw.ch/21wT3cM

Evidence continues to mount in support of integrated, specialist #palliativecare to improve the patient (and caregiver) experience of #leukemia care and stem cell transplant care (and now care of MDS). Updates here from a great friend and colleague @Areejmd via @OncLive, on data from those receiving lower-intensity therapies: onclive.com/view/dr-el-jawah… #hapc #pallonc #leusm #mdssm #bmtsm @MGHCancerCenter #ASCO24

Congrats to ⁦@Areejmd⁩, the 2024 @AmericanCancer Pathfinder in Palliative Care Award for her work to improve palliative care for patients with hematologic cancers and their families! #hapc

friends, family and colleagues, working to improve the lives of patients with blood cancers and their caregivers has been my life mission. Please consider supporting me and our efforts by donating below: because.massgeneral.org/fund…

Video: #MassGeneral physician @Areejmd spoke to @OncLive about a trial investigating a palliative oncology care model for patients with AML and MDS receiving nonintensive therapy. onclive.com/view/dr-el-jawah…

CONGRESS | #ASCO24 Areej El-Jawahri @Areejmd @MGHCancerCenter demonstrated the benefit of palliative care (PC) on end-of-life (EOL) care preferences/delivery, hospitalizations and QoL in patients with AML or MDS. ▪️ Patients were randomized to palliative care intervention (n=58) vs usual care (n=57) ▪️ PC associated with earlier EOL care preferences documentation and reduced hospitalizations at EOL ▪️ QoL improved in PC vs usual care Areej El-Jawahri emphasized the huge need for improvement in EOL care in these patients. #AMLsm #MDSsm #leusm

More practice-changing findings from the #ASCO24 Symptom Science and Palliative Care scientific track! Per a randomized clinical trial from @Areejmd @MGHCancerCenter, a multimodal intervention delivered by trained transplant clinicians yielded meaningful and sustained improvements in sexual health outcomes in hematopoietic stem cell transplant survivors. Abstract here: meetings.asco.org/abstracts-… #hapc #pallonc #cancersurvivorship #survivorshipcare #cancersurvivors #BMTsm

From the back of the poster walk to the front of the main stage. Historic day as the @ASCOPres sets the benchmark of palliative care being an indisputable standard of care. #hapc #pallonc

I'm incredibly impressed by the leadership of @ramsedhom and @MazieTsangMD, seen in this photo presiding over yesterday's @ASCO Palliative Care Community of Practice at #ASCO24. Under their leadership and that of @realbowtiedoc @crisbergerot @NatashaDhawanMD @Chaosdyna @mondhiry and others, this group's membership has grown to nearly 250 in just a few years! Thank you for your leadership. Yesterday, we were joined by trailblazers @DrVickiJackson (current President of @AAHPM) and Dr Janet Abrahm, this year's Walther Cancer Foundation Supportive Oncology Award recipient, sharing their reflections on our field. Many thanks to these visionaries for their generosity of time and insights. As I think back to my first ASCO meeting over a decade ago, I'm amazed at how far we've come in that short time, as a #pallonc community and field. Later today, at the plenary session, we'll hear the results of a massive pragmatic trial of palliative care delivery models, with important implications for access to specialty palliative care in rural areas (with, I think, related opportunities to address inequities via policy change). Palliative Care is no longer a fringe movement or a fledgling field, rather, it's taking center stage at the largest and most influential cancer care meeting in the world! Even this year's @ASCOPres theme is about palliative care and patient experience. It's truly remarkable to see all that's been achieved, and to reflect upon the impact of this work on the lives of countless patients and care persons. I can't wait to see what the next 10 years brings! @PallOncCoP

Excellent discussion by @ramsedhom re: importance of early #PallCare with #PrecisionMedicine addressing patient preferences, values, & tailor interventions to the individual @ASCO #ASCO24 @oncologynursing

So excited to get this going with @ca_chung plus @julian_hong @SanjayAnejaMD @GauravSingalMD @PatelOncology Donna Rivera Larry Bilbrey Jeremy Warner and others