Cancer Research Now: Palliative Care

Dr. Ann O’Mara, head of palliative care research in NCI’s Division of Cancer Prevention, and Dr. Ann Berger, chief of the NIH Clinical Center’s Pain and Palliative Care Service, explain what palliative care is and comment on a recent study of palliative care published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The video accompanies a written article http://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin/090710/page5?cid=YTncigov published September 7, 2010 in the NCI Cancer Bulletin.