Palliative treatment of advanced cancer / palliative analgesic treatment of cancer pain

World Health Organization for the palliative treatment of patients with advanced cancer made the following definition: treatment of the illness have been ineffective positive, comprehensive medical care. Purpose is to enable patients and their families get the best quality of life.Incurable patients should be further palliative care and reasonable medical care, but because it is the traditional concept of cancer and death bias, combined with existing health care system and other conditions, for patients with advanced cancer is basically in a helpless state, resulting in a large number of patients with advanced cancer treatment is not reasonable and proper placement, caused by cancer suffer significant physical and mental suffering, economic loss, family, restlessness, increased the burden on society and the workplace.When the anti-cancer treatment for cancer no longer benefit from the termination of treatment, then our aim is to make advanced cancer patients live better, live longer and even palliative care becomes the dominant strategy. Also known as palliative therapy to relieve. The basic concept of palliative care is a life-threatening cancer in patients with active and comprehensive medical care; recognize that life is a process, death is the end of life; claim neither hasten death nor delay death.Withdrawal of treatment against cancer palliative care; against over-treatment; against euthanasia; against the practice of any respect for life. Cancer, palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of cancer patients; to help cancer patients with more peace of mind and a strong determination to face difficulties; to help cancer patients with an active life until death; to help the families of cancer patients face the reality, bear attack. The main task of palliative care is to relieve itself of cancer and treatment-induced symptoms and complications, reduce the patient's physical pain and psychological burden. Simple sentence: the quality of the patient live with, go with dignity.Palliative care patients with advanced cancer, is not limited to the general concept of "medical", should also include a series of patients and their families to resolve psychological, emotional, spiritual, social needs and other issues, so that they in the body, especially mental and adequate psychological treatment, careful care and comfort. Palliative treatment of advanced cancer patients, not only health professionals, patients and their families directly involved, but also psychological and social workers and a large number of volunteers to work together. In short, the palliative treatment of advanced cancer patients to improve their quality of life, so as far as possible in a relaxed state of mind through life's final journey.