title: Some basic guidelines in the use of chemotherapy for patients with incurable malignancy.
abstract: The increasing use of cytotoxic chemotherapy for patients with incurable malignancy has raised a number of practical and ethical dilemmas for health care workers in the fields of oncology and palliative medicine. This paper addresses some of these issues and attempts to suggest basic principles which may contribute to the successful use of palliative chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Care Centre, St George Hospital, Kogarah, Australia.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kearsley
mesh_terms: D000932:Antiemetics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010358:Patient Participation; D011788:Quality of Life
chemical_list: D000932:Antiemetics; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007155:Immunologic Factors