Palliative Care for Cancer Patients

 What Types of Diseases Benefit from Palliative Care?

 Palliative care can be provided to those with serious or life-threatening illnesses from all age groups. It can benefit adults with diseases such as:

• Cancer.
• Blood disorders and bone marrow diseases requiring stem cell transplantation.
• Heart disease.
• Cystic fibrosis.
• Dementia.
• End-stage liver disease.
• Kidney failure.
• Lung diseases.
• Parkinson’s disease.
• Stroke, and other serious conditions.