Life-Saving Cancer Care

被引：1
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作者：
Turner, J. Harvey [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Western Australia, Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hosp Grp, Dept Nucl Med, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
来源：
CANCER BIOTHERAPY AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS | 2021年 / 36卷 / 09期
关键词：
cancer cure; control; palliation; radioligand theranostics Phronesis; survivorship; cognitive flexibility; raison d'etre; ars moriendi; SCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY UPDATE; PROSTATE-CANCER; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; RADIONUCLIDE THERAPY; LIFE; END; PUBLICATIONS; PERSPECTIVE; MAGNITUDE; BIOETHICS;
D O I：
10.1089/cbr.2021.0355
中图分类号：
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号：
100214 ;
摘要：
What, precisely, are we seeking to achieve in offering 'life-saving' treatment to patients with cancer? Research funding agencies and pharmaceutical industry media releases, and government cancer screening programs all promise that their cancer programs save lives. But everybody dies.The nature of life and death from cancer is explored philosophically in this essay, with particular reference to the quality of life, and its meaning, during the period of prolongation of survival by 'life-saving' cancer care.
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页码：711 / 719
页数：9
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