palliative

lievittävä, palliatiivinen

lievittäjä Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
puhekieltä Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.
puhekieltä Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.

The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.