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Palliative care of patients with terminal cancer
B W Hancock1, S Ahmedzai, D Clark
1Trent Palliative Care Centre, Sheffield, UK.
Current Opinion in Oncology
|July 1, 1993
Abstract:
Palliative (terminal) care is now recognized worldwide as an important, multidisciplinary aspect of the continuing care of patients with incurable cancer. Symptom control and quality-of-life are of the essence. Various treatment methods are available, and radiotherapy and chemotherapy (used appropriately) are important modalities. Palliative care has to be set against a background of planning, development, and cost-benefit analyses.