Cancer professionals need to be aware quality of life is an abstract concept for many patients | Ranjana Srivastava

I see every day that the very mention of cancer triggers a tsunami of emotions

It has been a long consult. Gently adjusting his father’s hearing aid, the attentive son asks: “Dad, you hear what the doctor is saying? The chemotherapy won’t cure you, but it might help keep things stable for some time.”

“Nah, I don’t buy that.”

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