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Cancer and End-of-life care

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Cancer and End-of-life care

Cancer vs. End-of-life care

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. End-of-life care (or EoLC) refers to health care, not only of a person in the final hours or days of their lives, but more broadly care of all those with a terminal condition that has become advanced, progressive, and incurable.

Similarities between Cancer and End-of-life care

Cancer and End-of-life care have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Defecation, Hospice, National Cancer Institute, Palliative care.

Defecation

Defecation is the final act of digestion, by which organisms eliminate solid, semisolid, or liquid waste material from the digestive tract via the anus.

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Hospice

Hospice care is a type of care and philosophy of care that focuses on the palliation of a chronically ill, terminally ill or seriously ill patient's pain and symptoms, and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs.

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National Cancer Institute

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Palliative care

Palliative care is a multidisciplinary approach to specialized medical and nursing care for people with life-limiting illnesses.

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Cancer and End-of-life care Comparison

Cancer has 432 relations, while End-of-life care has 82. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 0.78% = 4 / (432 + 82).

References

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