... . Nevertheless, most recurrences occur relatively early after the initial diagnosis and treatment. A research article to be published ... . Although the final treatment might not be altered, the diagnosis of metastatic HCC would allow better ...
... . Over 70 percent of ovarian cancer patients, for example, have drug-resistant tumors at the time of their initial diagnosis, and virtually all patients who relapse have drug ...
... years (approximately 10 years after a woman's initial diagnosis), and 80 percent did not experience ... at 10 years (approximately 15 years after diagnosis). Brewster commented that, while reassuring for most of the five ...
... with ovarian cancer will have advanced disease at the time of initial diagnosis," Prof. Friedlander said. "Typically, these patients are managed with surgery followed by combination chemotherapy. Unfortunately ...
... for patients with head and neck cancer who survive the initial period after diagnosis and treatment may be more dependent on their comorbidities ... of existing comorbid ailments in the time following their initial diagnosis and treatment. Patients with severe comorbidities ...
... for genetic differences between the cancer cells of ALL patients at initial diagnosis and those who relapsed. That information was limited, and there had never been a broad comparison of the entire genomes of ALL at initial diagnosis and at subsequent relapse. In the study that appears in the Nov ...
... , which is similar to the risk of intractable epilepsy at the time of initial diagnosis of epilepsy in children," says Dr. Nickels. "Therefore, the children who achieve seizure-freedom on anti ...
... 17 percent survive for 20 years or more after their initial diagnosis. "The coalescence of three factors has the potential to create one of the biggest public health problems our country ...
... disease within 12 years following their initial diagnosis. These results will be published on December 24, 2008 in the journal Neurology, the official publication of the American ... per cent within five years of diagnosis, 40.6 per cent within ...
... or not to seek treatment for a recent prostate cancer diagnosis. If confirmed, the findings could also lead to the general reduction ... are treated unnecessarily," Schwartz said. "Within months of initial diagnosis of prostate cancer, many men opt ...
... year. "Currently, anyone with a breast cancer diagnosis fears the worst -- that the cancer will spread and threaten ... of the disease that metastasizes within three years after initial diagnosis, metastasis can take 10 years ...
... system; the risk extended more than 40 years after their initial diagnosis. "The temporal patterns of site-specific excess risks of subsequent malignant neoplasms in retinoblastoma ...
... . Five-year survival was calculated from the time of initial diagnosis to the date of last contact or death ... outcomes are, in part, a result of advanced stage at diagnosis. Researchers also identified socioeconomic status as an independent ...
... later (approximately 2.5 years after their initial diagnosis). The women will be followed for a total of 10 ... the biomarkers were measured approximately 31 months after diagnosis, enough time had passed so that the researchers ...
... whose extended core biopsy led to an initial diagnosis of HGPIN were subsequently diagnosed with prostate ... of cancer detection on repeat biopsies". There has been speculation that an initial diagnosis of HGPIN may not be a useful indicator of the future risk ...
