... different from treatment to cure the disease (curative treatment), although some of the treatments used are much like those used to try to cure cancer ...
http://www.cancer.org/treatment/childrenandcancer/helpingchildrenwhenafamilymemberhascancer/dealingwithaparentsterminalillness/dealing-with-a-parents-terminal-illness-intro
... recognized that there was no curative treatment once a ... be more harmful than no treatment at all. ... doctors to develop systemic treatments used after ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerbasics/thehistoryofcancer/the-history-of-cancer-cancer-treatment-surgery
... symptoms of a disease with treatments not intended to ... Palliative care is only treatment of symptoms ... be given along with curative treatment or when ...
http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/palliativecare/supportive-care
... it starts if it is to try to cure the cancer ... part in a clinical trial of newer lung cancer treatments. ... If curative treatment is not an option, treatment aimed at ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/lungcancer-smallcell/detailedguide/small-cell-lung-cancer-treating-by-stage
... no longer be helped by curative treatment, and you ... or palliative care, which is treatment to help ... disease-related symptoms, but not cure the disease ...
http://www.cancer.org/treatment/findingandpayingfortreatment/choosingyourtreatmentteam/hospicecare/hospice-care-hospice-care
... As curative treatment winds down and the doctor checks ... patient may decide to get treatment as long ... more and more often treatments are managed ...
http://www.cancer.org/treatment/caregivers/caregiving/whatyouneedtoknow/what-you-need-to-know-as-a-cancer-caregiver-treatment-timeline
... treatment if it is to try to cure the cancer ... in a clinical trial of newer lung cancer treatments. ... If curative treatment is not an option, treatment aimed at ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/lungcancer-non-smallcell/detailedguide/non-small-cell-lung-cancer-treating-by-stage
... is usually considered the only curative option for ... may be carefully watched without treatment for a ... counts are causing problems, treatments such as ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/myelodysplasticsyndrome/detailedguide/myelodysplastic-syndromes-treating-general-approach
... 2 general types of surgical treatment for bile ... be removed completely (by potentially curative surgery) and ... cons of surgery or treatments that require ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/bileductcancer/detailedguide/bile-duct-cancer-treating-surgery
... These treatments are discussed in more detail in ... leucovorin) or actinomycin- D is curative in most ... the cancer recurs and what treatment the woman ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/gestationaltrophoblasticdisease/detailedguide/gestational-trophoblastic-disease-treating-by-stage
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