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Palliative Care

Palliative Care involves symptom control as well as social, spiritual and psychological support. It’s provided by a specially-trained team of doctors, nurses and other professionals, such as nutritionists or social workers, who work together to provide support. Palliative care improves quality of life and is an integral part of metastatic bladder cancer management. You’ll be provided supportive and palliative care throughout your cancer journey.

This type of care treats pain, depression, shortness of breath, fatigue, constipation, nausea, loss of appetite, difficulty sleeping, anxiety and any other symptoms that may be causing you distress.

Palliative care can be provided along with curative treatment and may even begin at the time of diagnosis. It can be provided by your regular doctors and health care team or a specific palliative care team.

 

The value of a Palliative Care Team Referral

Because palliative care teams specialize in dealing with the full range of cancer symptoms, they can ensure that you enjoy the best quality of life possible.  They’ll help you sort out your immediate concerns, like worrying about how chemotherapy or radiation might make you feel, or what impact surgery may have, or if you’ll lose your hair, or what will happen if you end treatment. Palliative care team members will help you with the bigger-picture things, like deciding what it is you value most in life or weighing the effects of a given treatment against those of the disease itself.  It is important to remember that palliative care does not necessarily mean end of life care or no active treatment; it can complement active cancer treatment to make the experience easier.

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    • FACING
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      • Newly Diagnosed?
      • Canadian Patient Guidebooks
      • Dealing With Emotions
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      • Join a Discussion Forum
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      • Bladder Cancer Basics
        • How The Body Works
        • Types of Bladder Cancer
        • Causes
        • Diagnosis
        • Staging and Grading
      • How will my cancer be treated?
        • Nonmuscle Invasive
        • Muscle Invasive
        • Bladder Preservation
        • Metastatic Bladder Cancer
      • Bladder Removal
        • Diversion Types
        • Common Issues
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      • Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma
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