not to cure the cancer, but to relieve the symptoms of a patient who cannot be cured
Palliative surgery does not cure, but can reduce pain and hopefully improve an individuals quality of life.
There is only a palliative treatment of umblical hernia in homeopathy. Sooner or later you have to resort to surgery.
In addition to surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, other palliative measures can provide symptomatic relief. Dilatation of the narrowed portion of the esophagus with soft tubes can provide short-term relief of dysphagia.
Care can include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, symptomatic treatments resulting from cancer, and side effects of treatment.
palliative
Klaus Schultis has written: 'Palliativ-chirurgische Eingriffe bei malignen Tumoren' -- subject(s): Cancer, Surgery, Palliative treatment
Not necessarily: hospice care is palliative care. But palliative care is not necessarily hospice care. Palliative care can be applied to patients with chronic, incurable conditions, such as cerebral palsy.
The nitroglycerin was palliative to saving his life during his heartattack.
Journal of Palliative Medicine was created in 1998.
Palliative means "minimizing the progression of a disease", as distinct from attempting to cure it.
The purpose of tubal surgery is to cause one not to become pregnant anymore. So if one does not want to worry about pregnancy than one would have tubal surgery.
Palliative Care Act 1995