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Multiple roles for supportive care in cancer
• Reduce or eliminate associated symptoms and side-effects
• Preserve or improve quality of life
• Enhance the use of the most effective anti-neoplastic agents
• Positively affect survival and the quality of that survival
“…Cancer patients are living longer and better lives, thanks to better
symptom control, more effective therapies, and a deeper
understanding of cancer…”
Dr Harold Varmus
Director NCI, PBS Newshour, September 24, 2012