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The complications of cancer are myriad, and for those complications with life-threatening potential, the perspective of the therapeutic clinician has been, by and large, one of nihilism. Such an approach has been based on the assumption that the cancer patient will inevitably die and that the acute complication may obviate a long period of suffering. Consequently, it is common for the patient with cerebral metastases, for example, to be allowed to drift into coma without treatment with corticosteroids or for the patient with pneumonia not to receive antibiotics. For many patients, however, adequate therapy for the acute oncologic emergency may result in a prolonged period of disease-free survival without major treatment-related morbidity.
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Lokich, J. (1980). General Concepts in Cancer Management. In: Lokich, J.J. (eds) Clinical Cancer Medicine. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7235-6_1
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