Sentence examples for definitive intent from inspiring English sources

Radiation oncologists have previously treated all neck node levels in NPC comprehensively with definitive intent radiotherapy or prophylactic irradiation [ 20].

All patients were treated with definitive intent radiation therapy: the primary nasopharyngeal tumor received a mean dose of 60 Gy (range, 56 Gy to 62 Gy), followed by brachytherapy of 12Gy (8 ~ 20Gy), 2.5 ~ 5Gy per fraction.

Furthermore, studies examining pregnant cases treated with definitive intent during pregnancy and concomitant maintenance of the pregnancy demonstrate equivalent outcomes to age-matched, stage-matched, non-pregnant controls [ 33, 34].

All patients were treated by definitive-intent radiation therapy.

All patients were treated with definitive-intent radiotherapy.

All patients were treated with definitive-intent RT.

All patients were treated with definitive-intent radiation therapy.

Data from 1504 consecutive NPC patients treated with definitive-intent radiotherapy were analyzed retrospectively.

All patients with NPC treated by definitive-intent radiation therapy at the First People's Hospital of Foshan between October 2005 and August 2007 were eligible, and 333 patients with newly diagnosed, nonmetastatic, histologically-proven NPC were enrolled in the study.

From December 2002 to October 2006, 1504 ethnic Chinese patients (1145 males, mean age 46 years, range 13 76 years; 358 females, mean age 43 years, range 18 75 years) with newly diagnosed, untreated, and nondisseminated NPC who were subsequently treated with definitive-intent radiotherapy were enrolled in the study.

In light of these discrepancies, this study aimed to identify appropriate subclassifications (lateral, posterior, posterolateral, and inferior spread) for parapharyngeal extension in NPC and to reassess the prognostic value and staging categories for parapharyngeal extension based on MRI in patients with NPC treated with definitive-intent radiotherapy.