Myth #4 - Incurable means terminal
Many people diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer will have incur Many live well - and for many years following diagnosis - although t access to specialist care and treatment(s) and any other health con A “terminal illness” is defined as “a disease or condition which can’t is very difficult, especially with so many advances in care and treatm someone might live or die.
UK law (England and Wales) only recognise believes that their death “can be reasonabl This “six-month rule” was not intended to b timescale has no clinical meaning in most It was introduced into law to exempt termi period for benefits.
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