Cancer treatment - objectives and quality of life issues.

摘要: The first aim of cancer treatment is to acheive a cure, and when cure not possible, good palliation (life prolongation relief sufferings) warranted. This article highlights the also attempts assess issues quality life experienced as result disease its treatment. Palliative therapy should be less intensive than radical cause morbidity itself. It must effective, completed in short time tolerable. essential for physician give clear explanation illness patient realistic advice regarding likely outcome long term morbidities which may occur. opt palliative with reduced chance but better accepting potentially higher degree morbidity. Quality oncology practice seen process part this it seems sensible pursue several different lines questionnaire development rather constructing one ‘perfect” instrument.