13 signs in cancer patients can herald impending death. Cancer is the second most common cause of death in Germany.
Hundreds of thousands of people die of cancer in this country every year. Palliative care specialists believe it is important that doctors recognize the point at which it only takes a few days until death. If a pupillary reflex fails, cancer patients are 17 times more likely to die in the next three days than to survive. If the signs are missing, this does not mean that the patient will survive the next few days. The chance of living a little longer is also very low if one or more characteristics occur.