The World Health Organization (WHO) defines palliative care as “an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness”. Palliative care may be given to those with side effects from “potentially curative” procedures such as surgery or chemotherapy, or may used only for symptom control in [...]

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The purpose of clinical trials is to involve patients in finding new and better treatments for their illnesses. Different clinical trials have different goals which may include the testing of new drugs, comparing various ways to treat an illness or the testing of various techniques for cancer prevention. Clinical trials are divided into three phases. [...]

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Radiotherapy involves the use of high energy x-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. It may be used aggressively in conjunction with surgery to help eliminate microscopic seeding which can cause recurrence of disease, or palliatively to treat pain caused by tumors pressing on nerve endings or on another organ. Radiotherapy has also proven [...]

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