Serban Stoica,1 Kimberley Goldsmith,2 Nikolaos Demiris,2 Prakash Punjabi,3
Geoffrey Berg,4 Linda Sharples,2 Stephen Large5

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To the Editor: The surprising and encouraging
study by Temel and colleagues (Aug. 19 issue)1
suggests that the early introduction of palliative
care prolongs survival among patients with metastatic
non-small-cell lung cancer. However, two

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Woo Ick Yang, MD4; Jae Kyung Roh, MD1,2,3; Sung Hoon Noh, MD5; and Hyun Cheol Chung, MD1,2,3

Luba Frank1, Gisela C. Mueller1, Anil K. Attili2

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Andreas F.H. Pfeiffer, M.D., J. Alfredo Martinez, Ph.D.,
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Mats Pihlsgård, Ph.D., Steen Stender, M.D., Ph.D., Claus Holst, Ph.D.,
Wim H.M. Saris, M.D., Ph.D., and Arne Astrup, M.D., Dr.Med.Sc.,
for the Diet, Obesity, and Genes (Diogenes) Project

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James R. Cerhan, Ph.D., Alan J. Flint, Dr.P.H., Lindsay Hannan, M.S.P.H.,
Robert J. MacInnis, Ph.D., Steven C. Moore, Ph.D., Geoffrey S. Tobias, B.S.,
Hoda Anton-Culver, Ph.D., Laura Beane Freeman, Ph.D.,
W. Lawrence Beeson, Dr.P.H., Sandra L. Clipp, M.P.H., Dallas R. English, Ph.D.,
Aaron R. Folsom, M.D., D. Michal Freedman, Ph.D., Graham Giles, Ph.D.,
Niclas Hakansson, Ph.D., Katherine D. Henderson, Ph.D.,
Judith Hoffman-Bolton, Jane A. Hoppin, Sc.D., Karen L. Koenig, Ph.D.,
I-Min Lee, Sc.D., Martha S. Linet, M.D., Yikyung Park, Sc.D., Gaia Pocobelli, M.S.,
Arthur Schatzkin, M.D., Howard D. Sesso, Sc.D., Elisabete Weiderpass, Ph.D.,
Bradley J. Willcox, M.D., Alicja Wolk, Dr.Med.Sci., Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, M.D.,
Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H., and Michael J. Thun, M.D.

David S. Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D., and Cara B. Ebbeling, Ph.D.

Jorge R. Kizer*, Mary L. Biggs, Joachim H. Ix, Kenneth J. Mukamal, Susan J. Zieman,
Ian H. de Boer, Dariush Mozaffarian, Joshua I. Barzilay, Elsa S. Strotmeyer, Jose A. Luchsinger,
Mitchell S. V. Elkind, W. T. Longstreth, Jr., Lewis H. Kuller, and David S. Siscovick

Carey K. Anders, MD1; Allison M. Deal, MS1; C. Ryan Miller, MD, PhD1,2; Carmen Khorram, BS1; Hong Meng, BS1;
Emily Burrows, MPH1; Chad Livasy, MD1; Karen Fritchie, MD1; Matthew G. Ewend, MD1;
Charles M. Perou, PhD1; and Lisa A. Carey, MD1