BOSTON–The vast majority of patients with incurable lung or colorectal cancer talk with a physician about their options for care at the end of life, but often not until late in the course of their illness, according to a new study by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators published in the Feb. 7 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.The researchers found that such belated conversations tend to occur under particularly stressful conditions – when patients have been admitted to a hospital for acute care
Terminally ill cancer patients discuss end-of-life care with physician …
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Terminally ill cancer patients discuss end-of-life care with physician …