providing context, information, and options for treatment and medical palliation. In the case of critically ill babies, parents are able to participate...

for patients, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses...

is larger. The BTT shunt is used in the first step of the three-stage palliation (the Norwood procedure). While the originally described Blalock–Thomas–Taussig...

and colleagues in 1981. Variations of the Norwood procedure, or Stage 1 palliation, have been proposed and adopted over the last 30 years; however, its basic...

Later stages of adenocarcinoma may be treated with surgical resection or palliation. Those with nondysplastic or low-grade dysplasia are managed by yearly...

to temporarily relieve the obstruction as a bridge to surgery, or as palliation. Diagnosis of the type of bowel obstruction is normally conducted through...

of treatment for most isolated, solid cancers and may play a role in palliation and prolongation of survival. It is typically an important part of the...

diagnosis and staging of disease, disease cure, tumour debulking, symptom palliation and patient rehabilitation". Surgical prevention of cancer largely consists...

that it will recur. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are commonly used for palliation, where disease is clearly incurable: in this situation the aim is to improve...

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Hospice is a type of care and a philosophy of care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms. Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Saharan...

malformations results in cyanotic heart failure at an early age. Staged palliation through the BDG shunt and Fontan procedure has allowed these patients...

(November 2009). "Good things come in small packages: low-dose radiation as palliation for indolent non-Hodgkin lymphomas". Leukemia & Lymphoma. 50 (11): 1765–1772...

R; Birg, Aleksandr (2016-06-15). "Malignant biliary obstruction: From palliation to treatment". World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. 8 (6): 498–508...

are removed. The treatment of colorectal cancer can be aimed at cure or palliation. The decision on which aim to adopt depends on various factors, including...

Hospice care is a type of health care that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's pain and symptoms and attending to their emotional and...

used as a radionuclide in neuroendocrine tumor therapy and bone pain palliation. Lutetium (177Lu) vipivotide tetraxetan is a therapy for prostate cancer...

melanoma is currently under investigation. Radiotherapy has a role in the palliation of metastatic melanoma. Factors that affect prognosis include: tumor thickness...

Fields S (August 2009). "Evidence-based review of interventions to improve palliation of pain, dyspnea, depression". Geriatrics. 64 (8): 8–10, 12–14. PMID 20722311...

intravenous or intracavity administration of 89Sr may be helpful in the palliation of painful bony metastases, as it allows radiation to be targeted at metastatic...

(March 2007). "The pharmacological importance of cytochrome CYP3A4 in the palliation of symptoms: review and recommendations for avoiding adverse drug interactions"...

Kawashima procedure)—relieves some of the problems introduced by Stage I palliation. In this operation, the superior vena cava is ligated from the heart and...

Fields S (August 2009). "Evidence-based review of interventions to improve palliation of pain, dyspnea, depression". Geriatrics. 64 (8): 8–10, 12–4. PMID 20722311...

necrosis within solid tumors. It is generally used for the treatment and/or palliation of solid tumors in patients who are nonsurgical candidate. For isolated...

ATC code V10 Therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals is a therapeutic subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, a system of alphanumeric...

all gross visible tumor (macroscopic complete resection), not simply palliation. Extrapleural pneumonectomy is a more extensive operation that involves...

as radiation therapy and is largely used for the management (including palliation) of cancer; it requires higher radiation doses than those received for...

(January 2016). "Media, institutions, and government action: Prevention vs. palliation in the time of cholera". European Journal of Political Economy. 41: 75–93...

Manya; Reid, Robert; Sathya, Jinka (2005). "Radiopharmaceuticals for the palliation of painful bone metastases – a systematic review". Radiotherapy and Oncology...

isolated metastasis, and most patients receive radiotherapy (often for palliation alone) during the course of their disease, the treatment of metastatic...