Is death from lung cancer painful?
Patients with cancer experience significantly more pain and confusion as death approaches. Severe pain is common; more than one-quarter of patients with cancer experience serious pain 3 to 6 months before death and more than 40% were in serious pain during their last 3 days of life.
Patients with cancer experience significantly more pain and confusion as death approaches. Severe pain is common; more than one-quarter of patients with cancer experience serious pain 3 to 6 months before death and more than 40% were in serious pain during their last 3 days of life.
