TacticalTea
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Huh. And I missed that one...
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lenaitch
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I wish them both well. Nobody deserves that diagnosis.
Although I am curious about the concept of "preventative chemotherapy". They found cancer . . . it is being treated. I assume she (or the writers) were trying to soften the news.
Perhaps now the folks who hounded, pushed and simply couldn't wait for her to return to the public like she said she would will STFU.
Although I am curious about the concept of "preventative chemotherapy". They found cancer . . . it is being treated. I assume she (or the writers) were trying to soften the news.
Perhaps now the folks who hounded, pushed and simply couldn't wait for her to return to the public like she said she would will STFU.
Blackadder1916
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A more clinical term would be "adjuvant therapy".
Adjuvant therapy: Balance side effects with benefits
Treatments given in addition to your primary cancer therapy can help reduce the risk of cancer recurrence.
www.mayoclinic.org
What is adjuvant therapy?
Adjuvant therapy is often used after primary treatments, such as surgery, to lessen the chance of your cancer coming back. Even if your surgery was successful at removing all visible cancer, microscopic bits of cancer sometimes remain and are undetectable with current methods.Adjuvant therapy given before the main treatment is called neoadjuvant therapy. This type of adjuvant therapy can also decrease the chance of the cancer coming back, and it's often used to make the primary treatment — such as an operation or radiation treatment — easier or more effective.
Adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy can cause significant side effects, and these treatments don't benefit everyone.
Which treatments are used as adjuvant therapies?
Types of cancer treatment that are used as adjuvant therapy include:- Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer cells throughout the body.
- Hormone therapy. For cancers sensitive to hormones, certain treatments can stop hormone production in your body or block the effect of hormones.
- Radiation therapy. Radiation therapy uses high-powered energy beams, such as X-rays or protons, to kill cancer cells. It can be given internally or externally.
- Immunotherapy. Immunotherapy works with your body's immune system to fight off any remaining cancer cells by stimulating your body's own defenses or supplementing them.
- Targeted therapy. Targeted therapy is designed to alter specific abnormalities present within cancer cells. For example, a targeted therapy is available to block the action of a protein called human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) in women with breast cancer.
Colin Parkinson
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My dad was given "palliative Chemo" it worked so well that they upped it to reg chemo and he went from 6 months to live to a 12 years more.
lenaitch
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I get that. If chemo was truly 'preventative', like a vaccine, we should all be doing it. I guess it is preventative in that it attempts to prevent it from coming back. It just struck me as an odd use of the word.A more clinical term would be "adjuvant therapy".
Adjuvant therapy: Balance side effects with benefits
Treatments given in addition to your primary cancer therapy can help reduce the risk of cancer recurrence.What is adjuvant therapy?
Adjuvant therapy is often used after primary treatments, such as surgery, to lessen the chance of your cancer coming back. Even if your surgery was successful at removing all visible cancer, microscopic bits of cancer sometimes remain and are undetectable with current methods.
Adjuvant therapy given before the main treatment is called neoadjuvant therapy. This type of adjuvant therapy can also decrease the chance of the cancer coming back, and it's often used to make the primary treatment — such as an operation or radiation treatment — easier or more effective.
Adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy can cause significant side effects, and these treatments don't benefit everyone.
Which treatments are used as adjuvant therapies?
Types of cancer treatment that are used as adjuvant therapy include:
- Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer cells throughout the body.
- Hormone therapy. For cancers sensitive to hormones, certain treatments can stop hormone production in your body or block the effect of hormones.
- Radiation therapy. Radiation therapy uses high-powered energy beams, such as X-rays or protons, to kill cancer cells. It can be given internally or externally.
- Immunotherapy. Immunotherapy works with your body's immune system to fight off any remaining cancer cells by stimulating your body's own defenses or supplementing them.
- Targeted therapy. Targeted therapy is designed to alter specific abnormalities present within cancer cells. For example, a targeted therapy is available to block the action of a protein called human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) in women with breast cancer.
Blackadder1916
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There are a lot of "odd uses of words" with patients/general public when referring to medical protocols/procedures, some of it unintentionally confusing but mainly it's to simplify understanding by people who didn't spend years in school learning the fancy terms.
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Or that the UK is admitting that they are part of Europe
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Oddly enough, even though the French Revolution and the reign of terror are iconic and well-remembered, it wasn’t actually the end of monarchy in France. Aside from the well-publicized Emperor Napoleon and his somewhat less well-known nephew Napoleon III, even the Bourbons managed a bit of a comeback post-Waterloo, bouncing back after the public execution of Louis XVI and the death in prison of Louis XVII. It wasn’t until 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War that Republicanism finally took hold for good — but it was defeat in battle that drove that transition, the guillotine wasn’t necessary at that point.
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The French and Scots parading together is onbrand…
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The Auld Alliance made new again
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If they fail to play the Skye Boat Song for a slow march I'll be very upset.
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Or a P&D rendition of James Taylor's "You've Got a Friend."
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A couple of minutes of video highlights of the practice over at the UK's forces.net
www.forces.net
UK and French troops rehearse Changing of the Guard ahead of historic ceremony
French troops from the Gendarmerie Nationale will participate in the Changing of the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
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Its impressive to see. Very professional on both sides.A couple of minutes of video highlights of the practice over at the UK's forces.net
UK and French troops rehearse Changing of the Guard ahead of historic ceremony
French troops from the Gendarmerie Nationale will participate in the Changing of the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
Eaglelord17
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Weird how good things can look when its not a mishmash of different uniforms in one group
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Not a fan of Skittles parades?
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Must say I was a little surprised when I discovered what their rig looked like!
Could make an argument that the Guards title for units associated with the seat of power is as much a French concept as a British one.
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