The Palliation and Remission of Cancer with Combined Corticosteroid and Nitrogen Mustard Therapy

Abstract

ONE of the most formidable medical problems today is the grave plight of patients with advanced cancer for whom cure is impossible, remission improbable and palliation unlikely. The tragedy stems not only from the impossibility of cure but also from the inability of medical science to grant even the minimal request for palliation of symptoms. In an era of unparalleled medical advances, it is recurrently evident that little progress has been realized in the definitive palliation of terminal cancer. As in the past, the majority of patients face the prospect of prolonged, demoralizing pain of a degree unequaled in any . . .