What is it about?
Palliative support care of cancer patients in different parts of the world.
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Why is it important?
Palliative care or also called supportive care is essential in the management of cancer patients. It has been shown that palliative care can provide significant quality of life benefit for cancer patients in the journey of their management. The present review article provided expert opinions and insights of palliative care in three different regions of the world : Asia ( Hong Kong, China), Europe (France) and North America (Canada). Readers will appreciate the difference in view points of palliation in the above mentioned regions with various cultural background of the population and their corresponding health care supports.
Perspectives
Writing this article was a great pleasure as it has co-authors with whom I have had long standing collaborations. I hope this article can provide people from different parts of the world more info on the importance of palliative care on quality of life in cancer management .
Dr Edward Yu
Western University
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Palliative Care for Chest Tumors – Hong Kong, France and Canada, Current Cancer Therapy Reviews, July 2018, Bentham Science Publishers,
DOI: 10.2174/1573394714666180208143101.
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