Open AccessAggressive surgery in palliative setting of lung cancer: Is it helpful?
Author(s) -
Suman Byregowda,
Kumar Prabhash,
Ajay Puri,
Amit Joshi,
Vanita Noronha,
Vijay Patil,
Pankaj Kumar Panda,
Ashish Gulia
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.191859
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , quality of life (healthcare) , palliative care , pathological , cancer , intensive care medicine , femur , surgery , oncology , nursing
With increase in survival and progression-free survival in the advanced metastatic cancers, the expectation of quality of life (QOL) has increased dramatically. Palliative care plays a vital role in the management of these advanced cancer patients. At present scenario, palliative care in advanced cancer has seen a completely different approach. Aggressive surgical procedures have been performed to improve the QOL in the advanced cancer patients. We report a case of advanced lung cancer with pathological femur fracture, treated with extensive total femur replacement surgery to provide better QOL.