aggressive therapy

collocation in English

meaningsofaggressiveandtherapy

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aggressive
adjective
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/əˈɡres.ɪv/us
/əˈɡres.ɪv/
showing anger and a willingness to attack ...
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therapy
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈθer.ə.pi/us
/ˈθer.ə.pi/
a treatment that helps someone feel better, grow stronger, etc., especially after ...
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The goals for the six participants receivingaggressivetherapytended to be more specific and concrete.
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Aggressivetherapyresulted in survival of22/30pts(73%).
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Getting diagnosed with myeloma and treated withaggressivetherapyimpacted all areas of living.
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The authors, however, could not decide whether selection bias or the benefits of the moreaggressivetherapywere responsible for the outcome (7).
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Withaggressivetherapy, survival rates may approach 8095%, a mortality rate of 520%.
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After two years ofaggressivetherapy, his cancer went into remission.
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Polymyalgia rheumatica is sometimes associated with temporal arteritis, a condition requiring moreaggressivetherapy.
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Early andaggressivetherapyis indicated, otherwise scarring may be severe.
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Early andaggressivetherapyis indicated; otherwise scarring may be severe.
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Treating these patients with moreaggressivetherapy, such as stem-cell transplantation in first remission, has not been shown to enhance long-term survival.
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Aggressive therapies may be needed to control symptoms and avoid sudden cardiac death.
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Aggressive therapies should be administered to treat pain, dyspnea, and anxiety, and the family should be offered the opportunity to speak with a religious counselor.
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In this case more aggressive therapies, including lenalidomide, flavopiridol, and bone marrow (stem cell) transplantation, are considered.
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Mycardial perfusion imaging scans are powerful predictors of future clinical events, and in theory may identify patients for whom aggressive therapies should improve outcome.
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