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Palliative Care - start early

peterz54
peterz54 CSN Member Posts: 341
edited July 2012 in Colorectal Cancer #1
In searching out information to help deal with my wife's Stage IV colorectal cancer I came across a study on the positive effects of starting palliative care in the early stages of lung cancer therapy instead of near the end. seems to me this might apply across the board to many illnesses


Video - Dr Temel's discusses her research

Video - NBC News blurb on Palliative care research
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