Abstract

In the field of clinical oncology, we believe that a virtual environment can be useful for simulating surgery, diagnosing cancer invasion, obtaining informed consent or enhancing patient education, and for clinical communication using network-based virtual reality (VR). This technology can also be used to improve a patient's living conditions and to treat the psychological problems and/or stress of cancer patients. In this article, we outline our VR project and describe advanced VR research for palliative medicine at the National Cancer Center Hospital in Japan.

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