Palliative care is a specialised form of supportive care that seeks to improve the quality of life for cancer patients. It alleviates cancer’s physical and mental symptoms and treatment. Cancer patients receive customised therapy to manage pain, nausea, exhaustion, anxiety, and other uncomfortable symptoms. Patients and their families receive emotional and psychological assistance as they navigate cancer diagnosis and treatment decisions. Cancer patients’ palliative care might be integrated into their treatment plan. Cancer patients’ health and well-being during treatment are its goals.
Palliative care is available from diagnosis through death. Patients can receive cancer treatment while receiving palliative care.
Hospice begins when the focus moves from curative treatment to quality of life, unlike palliative care, which can begin at any stage of cancer treatment.
Recent study indicates that including palliative care into cancer treatment after an advanced diagnosis improves quality of life, mood, and survival.