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Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,293 Likes: 1 | Hi Ruchi,
I wish your dad well on his treatment plan. I think in general if cancer has metastasized in a distant area, the general prognosis is not so good. In that the docs generally won't state there is a cure. So if not curable but treatable, it falls with the palliative label. I'm sure no doctor but that is the impression I get of the use of the terms curable and palliative.
Don Male, 57 - Great health except C Dec '12 DX: BOT SCC T2N2bMx, Stage 4a, HPV+, multiple nodes 1 tooth out Jan '13 2nd tooth out Tumor Board -induction TPF (3 cycles), seq CRT 4-6/2013 CRT 70gr 2x35, weekly carbo150 ended 5/29,6/4 All the details, join at http://beatdown.cognacom.com | 
