Meanings of palliative therapy in English

In the clinical setting of palliative therapy these substances have already extended our therapeutic options.

Eighty of these patients underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy with vascular resection, whereas other patients underwent palliative therapy.

Therefore, no adjuvant or palliative therapy was initiated.

However, the tumor grew rapidly, with pleural effusion, and therefore he was treated only by palliative therapy.

Patients with malignant diseases under palliative therapy will profit most from the reduced duration of hospital stay.

Locally advanced patients with low income or comorbidities were also more likely to opt for palliative therapy.

The aim of palliative therapy is the prolongation of survival and the improvement of quality of life.

Our primary outcome was receiving palliative therapy.

Vinorelbine and gemcitabine have activity in patients with metastatic breast cancer and are commonly used as third- and fourth-line palliative therapy.

Results: Pancreaticoduodenectomy with artery resection offered worse outcomes on almost all aspects of quality of life and survival compared with palliative therapy.

Pancreaticoduodenectomy with vein resection offered better 5-year survival compared with palliative therapy, whereas palliative therapy offered better quality of life after surgery.

The standard treatment for local control of sarcomas includes surgery and radiation, while for adjuvant and palliative therapy, chemotherapy has been strongly recommended.

The radiologist must evaluate tumor topography and esophageal wall thickness with computed tomography and esophagography to aid in the choice of palliative therapy.

The failure of tumor stents used for palliative therapy is due in part to the adhesion of tumor cells to the stent surface.

Patients who had only palliative therapy had a hazard ratio of 8.94 versus those who underwent palliative surgery and chemotherapy.

Ureteroscopy was used to treat conservatively low-grade ureteral tumors of the pelvic ureter in 12 cases, or as palliative therapy (7 cases).