Exercise And Nutrition Counseling Plus Palliative Care Improves Quality Of Life For Patients With Cancer

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Palliative care services for cancer patients can help them in the advanced stages of their disease. These services provide comfort and support by meeting emotional, physical, and spiritual needs. A team of researchers in Canada concludes that combining exercise, nutritional counseling, and symptom control to palliative care from diagnosis helps to improve the quality of life for patients with cancer. The researchers set exercise, nutrition, and symptom control standards for the rehabilitation programs at various hospitals. Their results show that patients experienced progressively better fatigue and physical endurance, symptom alleviation, mood, and overall quality of life after participating in the program.