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Palliative Care (Palliative Medicine) Summary

Description: Care alleviating symptoms without curing the underlying disease. (Stedman, 25th ed)

Also Known As: Palliative Medicine; Medicine, Palliative; Palliative Therapy; Therapy, Palliative; Palliative Treatment Show All >>

Networked: 10459 relevant articles (532 outcomes, 1150 trials/studies) for this Therapy

Key Diseases for which Palliative Care is Relevant

  1. Neoplasms (Cancer) : 142 outcomes 559 studies in 3873 results
  2. Pain (Aches) : 84 outcomes 150 studies in 1628 results
  3. Neoplasm Metastasis (Metastasis) : 51 outcomes 52 studies in 657 results
  4. Pathologic Constriction (Stenosis) : 22 outcomes 10 studies in 162 results
  5. Carcinoma (Carcinomatosis) : 21 outcomes 33 studies in 412 results
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Drugs Related to Palliative Care

  1. 1-phenyl-3,3-dimethyltriazene (PDT)
  2. Opioid Analgesics (Opioids)
  3. Octreotide (Sandostatin)
  4. Tamoxifen
  5. gemcitabine
  6. Hormones
  7. Doxorubicin (Adriamycin)
  8. Adrenal Cortex Hormones (Corticosteroids)
  9. Methotrimeprazine (Levomepromazine)
  10. nitinol
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Therapies Related to Palliative Care

  1. Stents
  2. Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy)
  3. Radiotherapy
  4. Palliative Care (Palliative Medicine)
  5. Photochemotherapy (Photodynamic Therapy)
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