ModeratePalliative CareRefractory breathlessness in advanced canceruk-plab-1
A 79-year-old woman with advanced metastatic lung cancer is breathless at rest despite optimisation of bronchodilators and low-dose benzodiazepines for anxiety. She is under palliative care; active disease-modifying treatment is not appropriate. What is the most appropriate pharmacological option to relieve her refractory breathlessness?