Early palliative care and overall survival in patients with metastatic upper gastrointestinal cancers (EPIC): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled phase 3 trial

Early palliative care (EPC) leads to an improvement in quality of life and an unexpected survival benefit compared with oncological care for patients with metastatic lung cancer. The Early Palliative Integrated Care (EPIC) is aimed at examining whether EPC can improve overall survival in patients with metastatic upper gastrointestinal cancer.