In addition to definitive therapies, management of acute stroke includes control of blood sugars, ensuring the patient has adequate oxygenation and adequate intravenous fluids.

Resection of pulmonary lesions may be performed following definitive therapy of the primary tumor.

When available, the best management of tumor-associated fevers is treatment of the underlying neoplasm with definitive antineoplastic therapies.

If definitive cytoreductive therapies (surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy) are not forthcoming, hypocalcemic agents must be used to achieve long-term control.

Most treatment failures occur within the first 2 years following definitive therapy.

Following or during definitive therapy, the increase of CA 19-9 levels may identify patients with progressive tumor growth.

The determining factor when deciding if any type of PLND is indicated is whether definitive therapy may be altered.

Many men with screen-detected prostate cancer are candidates for active surveillance, with definitive therapy reserved for signs of tumor progression.

Recurrent or progressive disease in distant sites or after definitive local therapy has an extremely poor prognosis, and clinical trials should be considered whenever possible.

Elimination of lactose and galactose sources suffices for definitive therapy.