curative
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Transplantation is now a potentially curative treatment for the disease, although it remains an intensive procedure with significant risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Pricing a superior — and curative — drug at a similar level as the currently available treatment seemed like a good deal.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
She went into remission after chemotherapy and later had a stem cell transplant, but was told in May the cancer had returned and that treatment options in the UK were unlikely to be curative.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Parran spoke at the conference about the need to think beyond “the separateness of preventative and curative efforts to reduce death and disease” because all health efforts “are parts of the same entity.”
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2025
Mom was big on the curative powers of sleep.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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