preferred treatment

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preferred
adjective
uk
/prɪˈfɜːd/us
/prɪˈfɝːd/
liked or wanted more than ...
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treatment
noun
uk
/ˈtriːt.mənt/us
/ˈtriːt.mənt/
the way you deal with or behave towards someone ...
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(Definition ofpreferredandtreatmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In practice, the equipotency model (allowing all principal therapies to be viewed as comparably efficacious) promotes professionals treating patients according to theirpreferredtreatmentmodel.
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Oral iron should be thepreferredtreatmentfor iron deficiency.
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The randomization process was also viewed as potentially raising hopes in patients that could lead to disappointment if they were not allocated to theirpreferredtreatment.
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Kidney transportation is now the treatment of choice for end-stage renal failure, and bone marrow transplantation has become thepreferredtreatmentfor some forms of leukaemia and marrow aplasia.
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In recent years, high-dose chemotherapy with autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation has become thepreferredtreatmentfor patients under the age of 65.
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Minimal intervention, reversibility and repeatability ofpreferredtreatmentare essential, as well as the possibility of easy identification of restored parts.
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Thepreferredtreatmentfor most forms of stage 1 seminoma is active surveillance.
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The balloon angioplasty augmented with the use of the stent has become thepreferredtreatmentfor atherosclerosis.
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Inhaled corticosteroids are thepreferredtreatmentfor children, however these drugs can reduce the growth rate.
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For other ependymomas, total surgical removal is thepreferredtreatmentin addition to radiation therapy.
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Among most sufferers, botolinum toxin injection is thepreferredtreatmentmethod.
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A complete thyroidectomy of the entire thyroid, including associated lymph nodes, is thepreferredtreatmentfor thyroid cancer.
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Therapies that combine artemisinin with some other antimalarial drug are thepreferredtreatmentfor malaria and are both effective and well tolerated in patients.
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Pyrazinamide in conjunction with rifampin is apreferredtreatmentfor latent tuberculosis.
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The relative benefits of surgical and nonsurgical treatments remains a subject of debate; authors of studies are cautious about thepreferredtreatment.
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This can give an approximation of probability for disease or forpreferredtreatment, although the approximation is less than perfect.
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Intranasal corticosteroids are thepreferredtreatmentif medications are required, with other options used only if these are not effective.
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Surgery is thepreferredtreatmentand is frequently necessary to obtain a tissue specimen for differential diagnosis via its histology.
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They recommend synthetic levothyroxine as thepreferredtreatment.
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However, in recent times non-surgical endoscopic techniques have gained more importance (as they allow for much faster recovery), and the currentlypreferredtreatmentis endoscopic stapling (i.e. diverticulotomy with staples).
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