The science and art of caring for patients with life-threatening illnesses such as Cancer, involve the relief of the distressing physical, psychosocial, and spiritual problems and the empowerment of patients and their families to retain control while balancing the benefits and risks of treatments.The mission of the Palliative Care Team is to improve the quality of life of patients and their families facing these problems, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other physical, psychosocial and spiritual problems.