terapia de soporte
English translation: supporting treatment OR: supportive treatment
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| 13:37 Oct 24, 2009 |
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|  Selected response from: Muriel Vasconcellos United States Local time: 08:45 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | supporting treatment OR: supportive treatment |
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| 4 | support therapy |
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| 3 | ancillary therapy |
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| 3 | supporting therapy |
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support therapy Explanation: Support therapy helps breast cancer patients ( Group therapy can ... - [ Traducir esta página ] Health,Group therapy can help breast cancer patients feel better but it won'...Dr. David Spiegel of Stanford University who led the study said . www.bio-medicine.org/.../Support-therapy-helps-breast-cance... - En caché - Similares |
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ancillary therapy Explanation: HTH |
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supporting therapy Explanation: seems to mean a therapy that doesn't treat the problem directly but helps the animal's immune system etc. Supporting therapy consists of antibiotic cover, and appropriate fluid therapy http://homepage.eircom.net/~progers/0proluter.htm http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&rlz=1W1ACPW_es&q=cows "sup... |
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7 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1supporting treatment OR: supportive treatment Explanation: This is the most common expression (85,200 vs. 17,300 for "supporting therapy"). Here's a definition, followed by the recognized types of treatment, according to Dorland: definition of supporting treatment ... 1. the application of medicines, surgery, psychotherapy, etc., to a patient or to a disease or symptom. encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/supporting+treatment - active treatment that directed immediately to the cure of the disease or injury. - causal treatment treatment directed against the cause of a disease. - conservative treatment that designed to avoid radical medical therapeutic measures or operative procedures. - empiric treatment treatment by means which experience has proved to be beneficial. - expectant treatment treatment directed toward relief of untoward symptoms, leaving cure of the disease to natural forces. - palliative treatment treatment designed to relieve pain and distress with no attempt to cure. - preventive treatment , prophylactic treatment that in which the aim is to prevent the occurrence of the disease; prophylaxis. - rational treatment that based upon knowledge of disease and the action of the remedies given. - specific treatment treatment particularly adapted to the disease being treated. - supporting treatment , supportive treatment that which is mainly directed to sustaining the strength of the patient. symptomatic treatment expectant t. Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Consumers. © 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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