Patients with advanced cancer have multiple physical and emotional symptoms related to their disease. Pieces in this section deal with ways to attempt to control such symptoms, including appetite loss, dehydration, and pain.

• On Appetite and Its Loss

• Doctor, Does This Mean I'm Going to Starve to Death?

• To Hydrate or Not to Hydrate: How Should It Be?

• Opioid Rotation in the Management of Refractory Cancer Pain

• Interventional Pain Therapy for Intractable Abdominal Cancer Pain

• A Good Death: Not Just an Abstract Concept

• E-motions: Email for Written Emotional Expression

• House Calls by Oncologists: A Home-Visit Primer