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Study Finds Patients with Incurable Cancer May Think Chemotherapy Will Lead to a Cure

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

A study appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine finds many patients receiving chemotherapy for incurable cancers may not understand that chemotherapy is unlikely to cure them, raising questions about whether they are receiving adequate information from their doctors when … Continue reading →

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