Key Takeaways

Many patients with advanced cancer don’t feel they are having their treatment desires honored by doctors

About half want to just be given comfort-driven care, rather than treatment to extend their lives

Despite that, about 37% say they are getting unwanted life-extending treatment

TUESDAY, Aug. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Frequently, patients with advanced cancer simply want to be made as comfortable as possible as they wind down their final days.

Doctors aren’t listening to their desires, a new study indicates.

Many of these patients are receiving treatment focused on extending their lives rather than easing their pain, researchers reported Aug. 25 in the journal Cancer .

In fact, they are twice as likely to say they’re receiving unwanted life-extending care tha

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