Fahad Saeed, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of nephrology and palliative care, department of public health at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York, and coauthor of the study “Preference for Palliative Care in Cancer Patients: Are Men and Women Alike?” published in Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
Palliative care doesn’t mean that you’re giving up on treatment. The reality is it may give you the boost you need to tolerate that treatment.
