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Cancer : how worthwhile is non-curative treatment? /

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The majority of patients present with extensive cancer and, as a result, most of these have to be treated with 'non-curative' intent. This major and difficult problem has not been previously tackled and this book asks questions such as how does non-curative intent relate to good quality an...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Slevin, Maurice L., Tate, T. (Teresa)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Springer, [1998]
Series:Focus on cancer.
Subjects:
Cancer > Palliative treatment.
Neoplasms > therapy.
Palliative Care.
Quality of Life.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Non-Curative Surgery: Upper Gastrointestinal / Large Bowel / Gynaecological / Urological / Brain Tumours / Thoracic
  • Radiotherapy: Lung / Bone Metastases / Upper Gastrointestinal / Lower Gastrointestinal / Gynaecological / Neurological / Head and Neck
  • Chemotherapy: Breast / Small Cell Lung / Non-Small Cell Lung / Gastric / Colorectal / Gynaecological / Unknown Primary Cancer.