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Some cancer treatments are intended to help control the disease. Others, known as palliative treatments, are used to reduce pain and improve patients' quality of life. To palliate means to lessen the intensity of something. Many of the same techniques used to contain cancer also are used for palliation. By reducing the number of cancer cells, [alliative/conventional radiation therapy treatments can ease pain, stop bleeding and relieve pressure, even when the cancer cannot be controlled.