> if you have terminal cancer
Maybe you meant "if you have treatable cancer"
If it's truly terminal, not much a doctor can do for you other than palliative care, which generally shouldn't require a hospital.
Maybe you meant "if you have treatable cancer"
If it's truly terminal, not much a doctor can do for you other than palliative care, which generally shouldn't require a hospital.
For starters radiotherapy is often used to control symptoms. It may not do anything for length of life but targeting key tumours can keep you mobile for longer, reduce the risk of seizures etc. It can be a boon to quality of life.
There will also almost certainly be other things that occur along the way that require visits to hospital. That is complications that could kill you but can be treated without too much discomfort where you can get back onto your feet. Infections are incredibly common for example. Particularly if you're on steroids.
Obviously you'll rule some things out, e.g. chemo as not worth the cost during palliative care.
I believe this falls under palliative care, if it is only to control symptoms.