For cancer patients, newest treatments force the ultimate decision, with no room for error

(By Bob Tedeschi for STAT)

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Three weeks earlier she’d been done. Done with the chemo and the uncertainty and the fatigue that pinned her to a bed where her husband found her sobbing after he put the boys to sleep. “When can I just pull the plug?” she asked. Continue reading article here…..

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