Supportive Insights

Perspectives on advances in supportive and palliative care from Editor-in-Chief Dr. Michael J. Fisch and the Editors of The Journal of Supportive Oncology. Michael J. Fisch, MD, MPH, is chair of the department of general oncology in the division of cancer medicine at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston. Debra Barton, PhD, RN, is associate professor of oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. David Cella, PhD, is chair of the department of medical social sciences at Northwestern University Feinstein School of Medicine, Chicago. Thomas Strouse, M.D., is the Maddie Katz Chair in Palliative Care and Research, medical director of the Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital and vice chair for clinical affairs in the department of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles.