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La Banda participó en la Jornada de Cuidados Paliativos y reafirmó su compromiso con una salud humanizada – Diario Panorama

La Banda participó en la Jornada de Cuidados Paliativos y reafirmó su compromiso con una salud humanizada  Diario Panorama
Origen: La Banda participó en la Jornada de Cuidados Paliativos y reafirmó su compromiso con una salud humanizada – Diario Panorama – Google News

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"Are we treating the cancer or the person?": a provocative or enlightening question?

Recenti Prog Med. 2025 Nov;116(11):633-636. doi: 10.1701/4588.45975.ABSTRACTScientific literature and daily experience highlight two worrying phenomena: on the one hand, in the very advanced or even terminal stages of cancer, anticancer therapies are administered with dubious or insufficient and ethically disproportionate indications; on the other, the initiation of palliative care, whether simultaneous or end-of-life, is often too late. Moreover, this occurs despite the opposing recommendations of international and italian scientific societies, indicating the need to forgo (withholding or withdrawing) anticancer treatments that lack solid clinical indications and are ethically disproportionate. The problem can be addressed by removing the factors that hinder…
Origen: "Are we treating the cancer or the person?": a provocative or enlightening question? – PubMed

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The effects of cancer treatments at the end of life: a clinical, ethical, and organizational issue.

Recenti Prog Med. 2025 Nov;116(11):648-651. doi: 10.1701/4588.45979.ABSTRACTThe use of cancer treatments in the terminal stages of life is an increasingly important clinical, ethical, and organizational issue. Despite recommendations from major scientific organizations to reduce active treatments for patients with a limited life expectancy, significant evidence shows that these therapies continue to be used even during the final days or weeks of life. This trend raises important questions regarding the quality of care, the appropriate balance between risks and benefits, the effective use of healthcare resources, communication between physicians and patients, and the incorporation of palliative care into the overall oncological…
Origen: The effects of cancer treatments at the end of life: a clinical, ethical, and organizational issue. – PubMed

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