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Radiation Oncology • Medical Oncology
How do you handle the situation where a curative-intent patient unexpectedly passes away while under treatment?
Obviously the details matter a lot, but are there guiding tenets one should follow beyond expressing condolences to the family?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
As many of the patients we treat are older and have numerous co-morbidities, this is not that rare an occurrence. Of course, we would presume to avoid treating patients with curative intent if it is readily apparent that their life span will be short due to other non-malignant illness. T...
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