Sentences with phrase «called palliative»

In this case, reduced doses of radiation therapy called palliative radiation therapy may be used to shrink the tumor enough to relieve signs of pain or discomfort for a period of time.
If you decide to not treat the cancer, the focusing on care using alternatives and conventional approaches (called palliative care) for keeping a dog free of pain may be the best approach.
This is called palliative treatment.
In these cases we used what is called palliative therapy.
Lymphoma can respond to some extent to chemo, but it is not a cure, and in most cases, we will treat your cat with what is called palliative meds - meds to make your cat feel better, but not fix the disease, which usually consist of high dose steroids and / or immunosuppressants.
This is called palliative and comfort care.

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Dr Mike Knapton, associate medical director at the British Heart Foundation, calls for palliative care to be provided on a more equal basis.
Michelle Mitchell, charity director at Age UK, calls on government to «grasp the nettle» of palliative care.
He called for requirements to be put in place for hospitals to routinely use palliative care, and to make the regular use of palliative care a condition for participation in Medicare.
There is no cure, vaccine or established drug treatment (one treatment called siRNAs has a high success rate if administered within minutes of infection) and in Africa, often in remote areas, the general approach is containment and palliative care.
While the hospital advocates transitioning Charlie to end - of - life palliative care — officials have stated that «he has no quality of life and no real prospect of any quality of life» — his parents want him to undergo a highly experimental treatment in the United States called nucleoside bypass therapy.
About Blog Autumn Care & Crossings is a veterinary house call practice focused on hospice and palliative care for aging or ailing pets.
About Blog Autumn Care & Crossings is a veterinary house call practice focused on hospice and palliative care for aging or ailing pets.
Call 1.800.381.8080 to arrange for home health, hospice, palliative and infusion therapy services, as well as the delivery of medical equipment and supplies.
Just call 1-800-381-8080 to arrange for home health, hospice, palliative, and infusion therapy services.
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