Best Supportive Care

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
BSC
Pronunciation
/bɛst səˈpɔrtɪv kɛr/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Oncology

Examples in Context

  1. Multiple randomized trials, as well as a meta-analysis support the ability of platinum-based chemotherapy to prolong survival compared to best supportive care in advanced disease patients.
  2. Docetaxel has demonstrated superiority compared with best supportive care.
  3. Best supportive care in addition to active treatment remains important for all patients, but may be the exclusive option for patients unsuitable for more aggressive therapy.
  4. It has been shown in randomized studies that chemotherapy prolongs the median survival and improves the quality of life of patients with advanced gastric cancer compared to best supportive care, so a chemotherapeutic treatment should be proposed to the patient.
  5. Best supportive care, single agent chemotherapy with gemcitabine and gemcitabine plus carboplatin in the treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer in the aged

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