Study shows more hospital deaths and invasive care for dying cancer patients who receive chemotherapy

Terminal cancer patients who receive chemotherapy in the last months of their lives are less likely to die where they want and are more likely to undergo invasive medical procedures than those who do not receive chemotherapy, according to new research. The findings underscore a disconnect between the type of care many cancer patients say they want and the kind they receive, and highlight the need for clearer and more balanced discussion of palliative chemotherapy at the end of life by doctors, patients and families, the study authors say. Read more here.