Open AccessCurative, Life‐Extending, and Palliative Chemotherapy: New Outcomes Need New Names
Author(s) -
Neugut Alfred I.,
Prigerson Holly G.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the oncologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.176
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1549-490X
pISSN - 1083-7159
DOI - 10.1634/theoncologist.2017-0041
Subject(s) - medicine , terminology , chemotherapy , intensive care medicine , palliative chemotherapy , palliative care , cancer chemotherapy , medline , surgery , nursing , linguistics , philosophy , political science , law
Imprecise terminology obscures the reasons why a cancer patient might be willing to endure the potential toxicities and side‐effects of treatment. Renaming of the categories of chemotherapy is proposed here to clarify intended definitions.