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In metastatic stage of cancer which treatment generally doctor prescribed , palliative or curative? Please reply fast.
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Dr. Mangesh Mekha
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20 yrs exp
Pune
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In some cases we can offer curative therapy
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Dr. Niti Raizada
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29 yrs exp
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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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