The ENABLE studies—Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends—showed that palliative care can begin early and alongside cancer treatment.

Through palliative care consultations and nurse-led telephone coaching, patients and caregivers received support with symptoms, coping, decision-making, and planning ahead.

The findings reinforce an important message: palliative care is not only for the end of life. It can help people live better throughout serious illness.