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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?

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