This is a Randomized Study of Early Involvement of Palliative Care Along Side Standard Treatment Versus Standard Treatment Alone in Newly Diagnosed Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma (SARQUALITY)

Shown exactly as written on ClinicalTrials.gov. Your oncologist is the right person to judge whether it fits your situation.

Inclusion Criteria:

* Signed written and voluntary informed consent.
* Have histologically documented advanced sarcoma, either locally advanced not amenable to curative treatment, or metastatic.
* Age ≥ 18 years.
* Have not received any previous systemic treatment with palliative intent for advanced sarcoma.
* Performance status of 0-2 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance scale.
* Life expectancy \> 6 months.
* Willing/able to complete questionnaires.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Clinical evidence of cognitive impairment that would preclude the ability to provide informed consent and complete questionnaires, at investigator´s discretion.
* Patient in need of urgent home support services or symptom management through a palliative care team.
* Patient is being actively followed by a palliative care physician.
* Active psychiatric disorder or drug abuse.
* Insufficient English literacy to complete questionnaires.