conventional treatment

collocation in English

meaningsofconventionalandtreatment

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conventional
adjective
uk
/kənˈven.ʃən.əl/
us
/kənˈven.ʃən.əl/
traditional ...
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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 ofconventionalandtreatmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Do any of them not wantconventionaltreatment?
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They may also be spared the extra cost of moreconventionaltreatmentas well.
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The use of complementary therapies by breast cancer patients attendingconventionaltreatment.
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The integrated treatment received half of the fertilizer dosage of theconventionaltreatment.
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Pursuit and practice of complementary therapies by cancer patients receivingconventionaltreatment.
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A more daring approach in biography meets a goodconventionaltreatment; we find satisfaction, but wish for more.
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Aconventionaltreatmentplan (conv), reflecting a routine treatment option was designed using an orthogonal wedged pair of beams.
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Patients were randomly assigned to a study group receiving experimental training for limb apraxia or a control group receivingconventionaltreatmentfor aphasia.
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This approach not only challenges theconventionaltreatmentparadigm of whole-breast radiotherapy by reducing the treated volume, but also intensifies the dose delivered.
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Parental fears of discontinuation of care whenconventionaltreatmentis no longer an option needs further investigation in the context of palliative care.
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We conclude that stents implantation is an alternative method of treating selected patients with different types of aortic coarctation or recoarctation resistant toconventionaltreatment.
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No randomized controlled studies compare the effects of fusion withconventionaltreatment, placebo, or with the natural course of degenerative disk disease.
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Common to all existing gene therapy trials is their application to patients with potentially fatal diseases or serious illnesses that cannot be effectively treated withconventionaltreatmentmodalities.
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The authors are, therefore, to be complimented for including a chapter outlining evidence for and against lessconventionaltreatmentapproaches including the side-effects of such treatments.
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The increase in the number of beam directions (typically 5 to 7 as opposed to 3 to 4 forconventionaltreatment) increases the daily delivery times.
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In the meantime they continue to receiveconventionaltreatmentfor their condition.
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I will also show that, although an improvement on theconventionaltreatment, the more recent 'binary' approach to the analysis of such cannot fully account for the facts either.
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In the intervention study, 2,000 severely obese subjects receiving gastric surgery to reduce weight will be compared over 10 years with 2,000 matched control subjects who are offeredconventionaltreatment.
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Yet these approaches do not appear to be frequently or systematically employed in clinical practice, and this may contribute to the considerable residual morbidity and mortality associated withconventionaltreatment.
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It is in two parts: the recent developments in the field of complementary medicine and its relationships toconventionaltreatment.
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On a number of cases which were too far advanced forconventionaltreatmenthe obtained extremely promising results.
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I am glad to report that the treatment continues to give relief to children who resist orthodox orconventionaltreatment.
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The study found that the median cost of the cases usingconventionaltreatmentwas £136.23 whereas the median cost of the cases using larval therapy was £78.64.
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Another group of scientists have found proof that cannabinoids can destroy brain tumours that remain unaffected byconventionaltreatmentsuch as chemotherapy.
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We also need to know whether those patients need less in the way ofconventionaltreatmentas a result of having had alternative treatments.
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