Are We Treaters, Passers, or Doctors?

As often as not, the decision whether to treat or deny treatment to any elderly patient with cancer is a result of an oncologist’s impression of the individual person’s ability to benefit from and withstand the side effects of therapy. And that decision is usually based on a clinical assessment that is far more intuitive than it is scientific.
Source: Cancer Network - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news