Introduction
ADVANCED CANCER, COLORECTAL CANCER
According to the definition of the WHO, palliative care should be tailored to patients’ individual preferences, addressing their goals and needs concerning care, symptom control, psychosocial support, spiritual support, and practical issues.A review focusing on advance care planning with people with advanced cancer identified two studies on advance care planning and costs.Much is thus still unknown about the association of advance care planning with the use and costs of care among patients with advanced cancer. Studies on advance care planning and healthcare use and costs among other patient populationsWe aimed at filling the international knowledge gap regarding the effect of advance care planning on use of care of patients with advanced cancer. To prevent contamination we applied cluster-randomisation, with 23 hospitals as clusters. In six European countries, we evaluated the ACTION Respecting Choices (RC) advance care planning intervention among adult patients with advanced lung or colorectal cancer.