palliative treatment in a sentence

Examples

1. Thermal ablations i . e . radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation, microwave ablation are appropriate for palliative treatment of tumor-related symptoms or recurrences within treatment fields.
2. Non-immunological therapies, such as hormone replacement in Hashimoto's thyroiditis or Type 1 diabetes mellitus treat outcomes of the autoaggressive response, thus these are palliative treatments.
3. This short term solution is not considered an articular cartilage repair procedure but rather a " palliative treatment " to reduce pain, mechanical restriction and inflammation.
4. A "'simple orchiectomy "'is commonly performed as part of sex reassignment surgery ( SRS ) for transgender women, or as palliative treatment for advanced cases of prostate cancer.
5. Palliative treatment are intended to alleviate the itching that often accompanies the skin inflammation and to moisture the dry skin to prevent excessive dryness and scaling of the plaques.
6. Although mesothelioma is generally resistant to curative treatment with radiotherapy alone, palliative treatment regimens are sometimes used to relieve symptoms arising from tumor growth, such as obstruction of a major blood vessel.
7. Histrelin is also available in a 12-month subcutaneous implant ( Vantas ) for the palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer, since 2005 in the US, and since Jan 2010 in the UK.
8. While psychiatrists continue to prescribe diazepam for the short-term relief of anxiety, neurology has taken the lead in prescribing diazepam for the palliative treatment of certain types of epilepsy and spastic activity, for example, forms of paresis.
9. They should receive the best care possible, including palliative treatment, a dimension of terminal care that is often scandalously neglected : and this in turn will require, in America, a proper effort to extend health coverage to the uninsured.
10. Lupron Depot is indicated for the palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer, for management of endometriosis, in combination with iron for the preoperative treatment of anemia caused by uterine fibroids, and for the treatment of children with central precocious puberty.