The Eir Project (Computerized assessment of patient reported outcomes in cancer clinical care) was a symptom mapping tool tested in the two municipalities Skaun and Orkdal in Trøndelag County. 

The overall aim of the project was to improve the provision of palliative care for cancer patients and their families in the Orkdal region (Orkdal Hospital and 13 surrounding municipalities) by the implementation of a standardized care pathway integrating cancer and palliative care.

The exponential increase in anticancer treatments adds to the complexity of anticancer care. The treatment effect is hard to predict, and might be of little benefit to patients in the last stages of disease. Thus, this cluster-RCT investigates effects of early, systematic integration of oncology and specialized PC in patients with advanced cancer on use of anticancer treatment at the end of life.