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Metastatic Disease: Therapy and Palliative Care

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According to the World Health Organization, palliative care is defined as: “Total and active care of patients whose disease is no longer responsive to curative treatment. Some factors are of the utmost importance: the control of pain and other symptoms, such as psychological, spiritual and social.”

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  1. Clinical Oncology, Barretos Cancer Center, Barretos, SP, Brazil

    Pedro Henrique de Souza

  2. Clinical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    José Bines

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  1. Breast Surgery, Américas Serviços Médicos, São Paulo, Brazil

    Guilherme Novita

  2. Albert Einstein Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil

    Antônio Luiz Frasson

  3. Breast Surgery, Clínica São Vicente da Gavea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Eduardo Camargo Millen

  4. Escola de Medicina, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Felipe Zerwes

  5. Breast Surgery, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza (HGF), Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

    Francisco Pimentel Cavalcante

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de Souza, P.H., Bines, J. (2019). Metastatic Disease: Therapy and Palliative Care. In: Novita, G., Frasson, A., Millen, E., Zerwes, F., Cavalcante, F. (eds) Breast Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13636-9_68

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