Definitive treatment

«The treatment plan for a disease or disorder that has been chosen as the best one for a patient after all other choices have been considered [1]». It is «any therapy generally accepted as a specific cure of a disease [2]». It «is the first clinical intervention intended to manage a patient's disease, condition or injury and avoid further clinical interventions [3]». It is «a therapy that may be final, superior to others, curative, or all of those [4]». For example, definitive radiation is the «administration of radiation as a sole or first therapy, usually for cancer, with curative intent [5]».

Bibliographic references:

[1] National Cancer Institute. NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms. (n.d.). Available at: https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/definitive-treatment [Accessed 9 Mar. 2019].

[2] TheFreeDictionary.com. (n.d.). definitive treatment. [online] Available at: https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/definitive+treatment [Accessed 9 Mar. 2019].

[3] Datadictionary.nhs.uk. (2018). Supporting Information: First Definitive Treatment. [online] Available at: https://www.datadictionary.nhs.uk/data_dictionary/nhs_business_definitions/f/first_definitive_treatment_de.asp?shownav=1 [Accessed 9 Mar. 2019].

[4] En.wikipedia.org. (2019). Therapy. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapy#Lines_of_therapy [Accessed 9 Mar. 2019].

[5] TheFreeDictionary.com. (n.d.). definitive radiation. [online] Available at: https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/definitive+radiation [Accessed 9 Mar. 2019].