• Palliative care focuses more on improving life and providing comfort to people with serious, chronic and life-threatening illnesses. Palliative care addresses the emotional, physical, practical and spiritual issues of cancer. UCI team encourages the best quality of life possible by helping patients and their families:

    • Understand and cope with illness
    • Manage pain and symptoms
    • Consider all of your care options
    • Prepare for what to expect in the future (death).