radical surgery
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radical
adjective
uk/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/
believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social or ...
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surgery
noun
uk/ˈsɜː.dʒər.i/us/ˈsɝː.dʒər.i/
the treatment of injuries or diseases in people or animals by cutting open the body and removing or repairing the ...
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This means that patients must have hadradicalsurgeryfor these treatments to be effective.
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There were eight operative deaths (10.9%) among the patients undergoingradicalsurgery.
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It failed the credibility test because it was a sticking plaster whenradicalsurgerywas needed.
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However, in recent years there has been an important movement away from suchradicalsurgery.
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If so, does he acknowledge thatradicalsurgeryis required to keep the system running efficiently?
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Tragically, a significant proportion of women who undergoradicalsurgeryreport the recurrence of symptoms.
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Such a constitution is not likely to be subjected toradicalsurgery.
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It then went to the other place, where it received quiteradicalsurgery.
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That is a third reason why the system needsradicalsurgery.
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As a result, treatment wasradicalsurgery.
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Its permanent abandonment has to be regarded as an act ofradicalsurgery, to be undertaken only in extremis.
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It is the system that is creating burdensome regulation, and it is the system that requiresradicalsurgery.
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My report proposesradicalsurgeryto remove the glut of exemptions but still proposes the retention of green exceptions.
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Treatment options can include management of symptoms, medical management of the disease, conservative surgery andradicalsurgery.
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Why risk a lumpectomy, when one can do a mastectomy and thus tell the court that one at least performedradicalsurgery?
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Continuing evolution will serve the population better thanradicalsurgery, which cuts out the strategic overview currently managed by county councils.
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A population of 1 million normally generates about 280 oesophageal and gastric cancers, andradicalsurgeryis appropriate for about 100 patients.
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Rothmund is known for his work involvingradicalsurgeryof hernias.
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One of its most significant achievements is to encourage people back into society afterradicalsurgery, as laryngectomees often withdraw from contact outside their own family circles.
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He warned against reliance onradicalsurgery, and advocated less invasive surgery and more use of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
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But the disease is so far advanced that only withradicalsurgerydoes the patient have a chance to survive.
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Delivering radiation and chemotherapy after aradicalsurgeryhas led to extended life expectancy in selected patient populations.
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She is the only survivor and, in order to walk again, undergoes an extremely painful,radicalsurgery.
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A 2007 study of 177 patients shows a significant increase in the recurrence-free interval afterradicalsurgeryfollowed by mitotane when compared to surgery alone.
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At that time, moreover, researchers theorized that women died of breast cancer despiteradicalsurgery because tumor cells were dislodged during the operation.
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