"How Long Do I Have?"—Story of a Myeloma Patient. (8th May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dhillon, Wishwdeep S.
• Is Part Of: Oncologist. Volume 20:Number 6(2015)
• Page Start: 698
• Page End: 698
• Publication Date: 2015-05-08
• Subjects: Oncology -- Periodicals; Tumors -- Periodicals; Cancérologie -- Périodiques; Tumeurs -- Périodiques; Oncology; Tumors; Neoplasms; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Periodicals; 616.994
• DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2015-0047
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1083-7159

Abstract

Abstract : Despite uncertainty about a patient's decision to forgo transplantation for multiple myeloma, the choice raised appreciation of the questions that come up in the life of an oncologist: How do you define the "best" treatment? What should drive cancer care, the years in a patient's life or the life in those years? Did the physician treat the patient, or did the patient teach the physician?