Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Palliative care is inconsistently integrated into European cancer care, with fragmentation in provision, accessibility, and education leading to avoidable suffering and inefficient use of healthcare resources. There is a need to improve this through a Europe-wide initiative, the Joint Action on Networks of Expertise on Cancer (JANE-2), which builds on the earlier JANE initiative. Within JANE-2, one dedicated work package-6 (WP6) focuses specifically on palliative care. METHODS: JANE-2 spans 42 partners across 26 countries, in a cross-national, co-produced approach. As part of this, palliative care will be systematically appraised, aligned and ultimately transformed through one work package with four distinct tasks including: 1) organization and delivery, 2) digitalized care pathways with patient-reported outcomes, 3) education and competence frameworks, and 4) indicators for monitoring integration, using a "networks-in-networks" model designed for sustainability beyond JANE2. OUTCOMES: These will include scoping reviews, expert consultations, and modular surveys to support cross-country mapping. CONCLUSIONS: The palliative care work package within JANE-2 will deliver shared standards, pathways, education, and indicators in a sustainable European Network of Expertise that aims to embed palliative care as an inherent component of cancer care.
Institutions: Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Universidad de Navarra, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics, Bispebjerg Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Institut d'Investigació Biomédica de Bellvitge, Institut Català d'Oncologia, Duran i Reynals Hospital, University of Copenhagen, North Estonia Medical Centre, University of Augsburg
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,760
Award: G3452360923
OpenAlex ID: W7128768864