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Quality of life is an important issue for cancer patients.
The multi-faceted team at the Ochsner Cancer Center has leading experience in supportive care nationally and internationally. Ochsner physicians and nurses are pioneering care for patients who undergo chemotherapy , using anti-nausea drugs and other methods of diminishing the side effects of therapy, including ways to minimize irritation at the site of drug administration, to diminish low blood counts, and to reduce weakness and fatigue. In addition, the physicians meet in a weekly conference with physicians from Oncologic Surgery and Radiation Oncology to plan integrated care of cancer patients. The treatment emphasis is on better outcomes with fewer complications. Chemotherapy can be administered to children in separate pediatric inpatient or outpatient facilities, or, in some cases, medications can be given at home.