noun
palliative treatment
Rare medical term for treatment aimed at relieving symptoms rather than curing the disease. More commonly expressed as 緩和療法 or 対症療法 in modern Japanese.
進行した癌に対しては、待期療法が選択されることもある。
For advanced cancer, palliative treatment may be chosen.
Compound of 待期 (waiting period) and 療法 (therapy). The term likely originated in medical contexts to describe treatment that does not aim for a cure but rather manages the condition over time.