# OnCo record curative-intent (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/curative-intent/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "curative-intent" ;
  schema:name "Curative intent vs palliative intent"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "curative intent"@en, "curative-intent"@en, "curative"@en, "curable"@en, "potentially curable"@en, "cure rate"@en, "with curative intent"@en, "palliative intent"@en, "palliative"@en, "palliation"@en, "palliative chemotherapy"@en, "palliative treatment"@en, "non-curative"@en, "life-prolonging"@en, "best supportive care"@en, "BSC"@en, "supportive care alone"@en, "symptom control"@en, "cure rates"@en ;
  schema:description "Whether the goal of treatment is to eliminate the cancer for good (curative) or to control it, relieve symptoms and extend life when cure is not possible (palliative). The intent, not the drug, defines the word: the same chemotherapy can be either."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/curative-intent/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-09"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palliative_care> ;
  schema:citation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palliative_care> ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/terms/oligometastatic/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/hospice-end-of-life/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/locally-advanced/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/resectability/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/palliative-care/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/palliative-radiotherapy/> .