curative

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In reality, patients who unknowingly enrolled in hospice discovered they couldn’t get any curative care, meaning access to certain medications and life-sustaining treatments like dialysis was immediately cut off.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

So when my oncologist used the words "curative intent" in a meeting to discuss treatment, I felt a huge weight lift off my chest.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

"We discovered targets for cancer immunotherapy, which hopefully can be translated in the future into curative approaches," said co-corresponding author Stephen Gottschalk, MD, St. Jude Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy chair.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2024

But the specific pathways by which the virus does so are still being elucidated, and curative treatments are nonexistent.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2024

Mom was big on the curative powers of sleep.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix