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When Prognosis Is Poor, Does False Hope Add to Leukemia Patients' Pain?
Although advances in chemotherapy treatments for chronic lymphocytic leukemia have increased the quality of life for many patients, few advances have had a substantial effect on survival for those in the late stages of the disease. In light of a June 3, 1998, report in the Journal of the American Medical Association on false hope adding to cancer patients' pain, what should doctors be telling