Sentences with phrase «called palliative treatment»

This is called palliative treatment.

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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.