A small group of oncologists is gathering in Kingston, Ont., this week to discuss compassionate care options for cancer patients.
A group of oncologists, patients and advocates is meeting in Kingston, Ont., this week to discuss a revolutionary idea in cancer treatment: maybe oncologists should encourage less treatment for patients in order to focus on quality of life and care.
Booth said many patients want to have honest conversations and make informed decisions about how they spend their time, especially patients with terminal diagnoses, but often those conversations aren’t happening in oncology medicine. The first problem Booth outlined is that people from worse socio-economic groups or poorer countries and regions are more likely to develop “worse cancers with worse outcomes.”
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