Figure 1. Supportive Care Needs and Supportive Care Services throughout the cancer trajectory.

A vast majority of patients have multiple supportive care needs starting around the time of cancer diagnosis (blue horizontal shapes). These supportive care needs may vary along the disease trajectory and among patients. To address the supportive care needs of patients and their families, multiple specialized supportive care services have been developed. Examples of these services such as palliative care, cancer pain clinic, psycho-oncology teams and treatment support services are depicted here with colored cylinders. Of note, palliative care has evolved over the past decade from predominantly caring for patients at the end-of-life to earlier in the disease trajectory.