Palliative Therapy

Preferred Label : Palliative Therapy;

NCIt synonyms : Symptoms Management; Symptom Management; Palliative Care; Palliative Treatment;

NCIt related terms : comfort care; PA-Palliative Therapy; palliation; Palliative;

NCIt definition : The patient- and family-centered active holistic care of patients with advanced, progressive disease. Essential components of palliative care are: pain and symptom control, communication regarding treatment and alternatives, prognosis, and available services, rehabilitation services, care that addresses treatment and palliative concerns, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual needs, terminal care, support in bereavement. The goal of palliative care is an achievement of the best quality of life for patients and their families.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Treatment given to relieve the symptoms and reduce the suffering caused by cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Palliative cancer therapies are given together with other cancer treatments, from the time of diagnosis, through treatment, survivorship, recurrent or advanced disease, and at the end of life.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000467854; CDR0000045815; CDR0000269449; CDR0000269448; CDR0000269453;

Details

Origin ID

C15292;

UMLS CUI

C0030231;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Bedrest care (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Comfort Care [MeSH concept]
- Comfort measures (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Hospice care (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Managing Symptom [ICNP intervention]
- Palliating [ICNP action]
- Palliative - procedure intent (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Palliative care [HPMULTI term]
- Palliative care [LOINC method]
- Palliative medicine (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Patient Comfort [MeSH Descriptor]
- Pessary care (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Symptom management (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- palliative care [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- palliative care [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
- palliative medicine [CISMeF Metaterm]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Encounter for palliative care [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Palliative care [ICD-11 Category]
- Palliative care [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
- Palliative care [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Palliative care (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- palliative care [Q-code]
- palliative care [MedlinePlus Topic]
- palliative care [MeSH Descriptor]
- palliative care [MeSH concept]
- palliative care, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Palliative care [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Palliative care (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- palliative care [MedlinePlus Topic]
- palliative care [MeSH concept]
- palliative care [MeSH Descriptor]
- palliative care, nos [SNOMED Notion]
concept_is_in_subset
- AML Adverse Events Table [NCIt concept]
- AML Authorized Value Terminology [NCIt concept]
- AML Cellular Immunotherapy Table [NCIt concept]
- AML Concomitant Medication Table [NCIt concept]
- AML Course Timing Table [NCIt concept]
- AML Function Test Table [NCIt concept]
- AML Lab Table [NCIt concept]
- AML Minimal Residual Disease Table [NCIt concept]
- AML Molecular Analysis Table [NCIt concept]
- AML Myeloid Sarcoma Involvement Table [NCIt concept]
- AML Off Protocol Therapy/Study Table [NCIt concept]
- AML Radiation Therapy Table [NCIt concept]
- AML Secondary Malignant Neoplasm Table [NCIt concept]
- AML Stem Cell Transplant Table [NCIt concept]
- AML Subject Response Table [NCIt concept]
- AML Survival Characteristics Table [NCIt concept]
- AML Total Dose Table [NCIt concept]
- AML Transfusion Medicine Procedures Table [NCIt concept]
- AML Vitals Table [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Intervention Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Value Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Operational Ontology for Radiation Oncology Prostate Cancer Terminology [NCIt concept]

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