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Ending cancer treatment to focus on living

03.26.2024 - By CBCPlay

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Alicia Mathlin felt like her body was no longer hers after several rounds of debilitating cancer treatment — so she decided to stop, and focus on living her life. Matt Galloway talks to Mathlin about that decision, and asks medical experts about the push for “common-sense oncology,” which weighs the pros and cons of certain treatments against a patient's quality of life.

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