TY - JOUR T1 - Bridge the deep chasm between patients with cancer and palliative care in Japan JF - BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care JO - BMJ Support Palliat Care SP - 494 LP - 494 DO - 10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001329 VL - 8 IS - 4 AU - Kazuhiro Kosugi AU - Kenji Tsuda AU - Asaka Higuchi AU - Jinichi Mori AU - Tetsuya Tanimoto Y1 - 2018/12/01 UR - http://spcare.bmj.com/content/8/4/494.abstract N2 - Letter to the Editor Patients with incurable diseases often crave for various unproven cell therapies worldwide.1 In Japan, after induced pluripotent stem cells were awarded the Nobel Prize in 2012, the government has vigorously supported the development of potential clinical application of cell therapies, resulting larger-than-life hype and hope among the public. Aside from legitimate clinical trials, many for-profit clinics offer unproven cell-based procedures, with more than half of indication for advanced cancer.2 They often advertise online to draw patients' attention, promising effectiveness that have little … ER -