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New regimens for treating advanced colorectal cancer have been reported as increasingly expensive. This poses an ethical question about whether prolonging a patient's life for a short time is worth the high cost when a cure is not possible. Do you approve or disapprove of such expensive treatment in advanced cancer when a cure is not possible?
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