Onkológia 5/2007
THE BENEFITS ANS RISKS OF PALIATIVE SURGERY
Palliative care in terminally-ill patients requires multi-displinary approach and therefore, different modalities of treatment. The aim of palliative care is to improve the quality of life and make the subject as comfortable as possible. Palliative cancer surgery is a branch of surgical oncology which relieves the symptoms of the patient with advanced cancer. Succes rate of these surgical procedures is 64% in average.
