National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Supportive Care

Synonyms

Therapy, Supportive

Supportive Therapy

Supportive Care

Symptom Management

supportive care

SUPPORTIVE CARE

Definitions

Supportive care is that which helps the patient and their family to cope with cancer and treatment of it from pre-diagnosis, through the process of diagnosis and treatment, to cure, continuing illness or death and into bereavement. It helps the patient to maximize the benefits of treatment and to live as well as possible with the effects of the disease. Supportive therapy may provide a patient with friendship, encouragement, practical advice such as access to community resources or how to develop a more active social life, vocational counseling, suggestions for minimizing friction with family members, and, above all, hope that the life of the patient may be improved. In all situations, supportive therapy involves the teaching of such life skills as managing medication, learning to socialize, handling finances, and getting a job.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C15747

ALT_DEFINITION

Any action or process to maximize comfort, minimize side effects, or mitigate against a decline in the participant's health or function. (clinicaltrials.gov)

code

C15747

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C157711

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C132298

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C124307

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C147067

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118169

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C177537

Contributing_Source

CDISC

CTRP

GDC

DEFINITION

Supportive care is that which helps the patient and their family to cope with cancer and treatment of it from pre-diagnosis, through the process of diagnosis and treatment, to cure, continuing illness or death and into bereavement. It helps the patient to maximize the benefits of treatment and to live as well as possible with the effects of the disease. Supportive therapy may provide a patient with friendship, encouragement, practical advice such as access to community resources or how to develop a more active social life, vocational counseling, suggestions for minimizing friction with family members, and, above all, hope that the life of the patient may be improved. In all situations, supportive therapy involves the teaching of such life skills as managing medication, learning to socialize, handling finances, and getting a job.

Display_Name

Supportive Care

FULL_SYN

Therapy, Supportive

Supportive Therapy

Supportive Care

Symptom Management

supportive care

SUPPORTIVE CARE

Is_Value_For_GDC_Property

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C25218

label

Supportive Care

Legacy Concept Name

Supportive_Care

Maps_To

Ancillary Treatment

Preferred_Name

Supportive Care

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C15747

Semantic_Type

Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

UMLS_CUI

C0344211

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C49236

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