hospice care

Doctors who treat people diagnosed with lung cancer and mesothelioma have a lot to discuss with their patients. One of the most important conversations they often have involves how to tackle treatment, which often leads to the following questions: Will surgery remove enough diseased tissue? Are the side effects of radiation and chemotherapy too much? Is the patient strong enough to live independently? Aside from killing off as much of the malignancy as possible, the goal of cancer treatment is to make sure the patient is comfortable and able to manage pain. To do that, doctors and patients … [Read more...]