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I know someone who had cancer in their skull. The cancer is now removed, but there is some scaring and loss of feeling (i.e., nerve damage), loss of hearing, et
by goatforce5 12y ago
I know someone who had cancer in their skull. The cancer is now removed, but there is some scaring and loss of feeling (i.e., nerve damage), loss of hearing, etc. Recently there was a scare that the cancer had returned (luckily it had not, but it was something caused by the earlier treatment that required further surgery). Was the cancer treated?
A treatment is not necessarily a cure, and something that can make a persons life easier and more pleasant is still a positive outcome.
- joe_the_user 12y agoI think a treatment is generally understood to be an intervention that addresses the "root cause" cause of condition. Anti-viral medications might or might not treat a cold but it would a treatment. An antihistamine is considered to be something that only addresses and relieves symptoms. I think the distinction between these approaches is pretty well recognized and by that token your friend received treatment. Aspirin for a headache caused by the cancer in contrast, wouldn't be consider a treatment. We know there are real treatments for cancer so most people would be appalled by someone only getting aspirin or only getting pain-killer (unless things had gotten too advanced). Thus, I don't think there's really much confusion here except for some effort wade and make confusion.