1 (of a disease) able to be treated in such a way that it will go away and the person who had it can become well again --
Certainly, the older person who could achieve some health benefit, despite not necessarily being glamorously 'curable', was higher on the agenda than might have been feared.
When asked if the disease was curable, 68.7 % responded in the affirmative and 35.5 % believed that the best treatment would be obtained from hospital health care.
But these are curable blemishes.
Recommended prostate-specific antigen testing intervals for the detection of curable prostate cancer.
T he main argument for s creening is to pick up potentially curable localized disease.
Should they concentrate on treating curable diseases such as malaria, diarrhea, and bilharzias?
He based his therapy on that developed by his mentor for other curable afflictions.
Although early-stage disease is often curable, the survival rate for advanced disease is low, with an average life expectancy of 6 - 10 months.