There are numerous symptoms of terminal cancer, one of which is dyspnea. Because this symptom is oftentimes the biggest cause of fear and concern for patients and their families, handling the breathing difficulties of a terminally ill cancer patient can be a major challenge facing nurses and healthcare workers. Despite the availability of many assessments and guidelines on how to handle breathing difficulties in terminal cancer patients, however, the objective of solving breathing problems in terminal cancer patients lies not in fixing abnormalities in theory or experimental data but rather increasing comfort of the patient. With respect to the care of terminal cancer patients, aside from unnecessary invasive checkups and treatments, patients can choose to take safer medications with fewer side effects or even resort to non-medicinal means to alleviate dyspnea symptoms. The goal is ultimately to achieve the highest quality of life for the patient and his or her family during the final stages of the patient's life.