Cancer Palliative Care
Synonyms
Palliative therapy in oncology; Symptomatic cancer
palliation; Chemotherapy-effects and palliative care
Definition
Palliative care aims to improve the symptoms of
patients with advanced incurable cancer who may
undergo surgery, radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy,
and symptomatic treatments and may suffer the
unwanted effects of these therapies. The goal of cancer
palliative care is to improve the quality of the
remaining life. Palliative management usually is founded
on a multimodality approach based on the advice of
experts from various disciplines and careful coordination.
Tags: careful coordination, chemotherapy, disciplines, incurable cancer, Oncology, palliative care definition, palliative therapy, radiation therapy, symptomatic cancer, symptomatic treatments, synonyms, unwanted effects
