curative

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In aplastic anemia, where the marrow stops making enough blood cells, and in inherited blood disorders such as sickle-cell disease, stem-cell transplantation has emerged as a curative therapy as the procedure has become safer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

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

While there are medical based treatments such as chemotherapy, steroids and hormone therapy available, none of them are "curative", he said.

From BBC • May 19, 2025

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