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2017-11-06 08:29:06
In metastatic stage of cancer which treatment generally doctor prescribed , palliative or curative? Please reply fast.
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Depends on Many factors In some cases we can offer curative therapy

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Most of the times , Cancer for metastatic disease is palliative . However in a small subset - it can be curative too when there is oligometastatic disease etc.
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