• Approximately 20-30% of stage I-III CRC patients develop a recurrent tumour or metastases after curative surgical resection. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Post-operative follow-up is indicated for the first five years after curative surgical resection. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As intensified follow-up after curative surgical resection has shown no effect on survival, patient organisations and policy makers have advocated for a more patient-centred approach to follow-up. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The objective of this study is to successfully implement patient-led, home-based follow-up (PHFU) in six hospitals in The Netherlands, with as ultimate aim to come to a recommendation for a patient-centred follow-up schedule for stage I-III CRC patients treated with surgical resection with curative intent. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Eligible patients are those with pT2-4N0M0 or pT1-4N1-2M0 CRC, who are 18 years or older and have been free of disease for 12 months after curative surgical resection. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The studied intervention is PHFU, starting 12 months after curative resection. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The proportion of patients who had contact with the hospital regarding CRC follow-up between 12-24 months after curative surgical resection is the primary endpoint of this study. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, intensified follow-up after curative surgical resection has not shown an effect on OS [ 10 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A computed tomography (CT) scan of the thorax and the abdomen is indicated at 12 months after curative surgical resection [ 12 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Surgical resection includes cholecystectomy, en bloc hepatic resection (typically of segments IVb and V), and lymphadenectomy with or without bile duct excision, depending on the location of the tumor. (medscape.com)
  • Current consensus guidelines from the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association recommend re-resection for patients with T1b, T2 or T3 gallbladder cancer that is incidentally identified in a cholecystectomy specimen, unless this surgery is contraindicated because of advanced disease or poor performance status. (medscape.com)
  • Following R0 resection of T2-4 disease in N1 gallbladder cancer, patients should be considered for adjuvant systemic chemotherapy and/or chemoradiotherapy. (medscape.com)
  • Patients with confirmed metastasis to N2 nodal stations (para-aortic, celiac, or superior mesenteric artery) do not benefit from radical resection and should receive systemic and/or palliative treatment. (medscape.com)
  • We analyzed clinicopathological features and prognosis of 390 Japanese patients with gastric cancer who survived 10 years or longer after curative resection. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Curative resection with extensive lymph node dissection and, when required, combined resection of the neighboring organs does improve the survival rate for patients with either early or advanced gastric cancer. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Prediction of local tumor control and recurrence-free survival in patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing curative resection after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. (bvsalud.org)
  • This study was a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data from 102 patients with resectable (R-) and borderline resectable (BR-) PDAC who received NACRT, followed by curative resection. (bvsalud.org)
  • Background/Aim: To analyze the prognostic significance of nodal status in patients undergoing preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) followed by curative resection for locally advanced rectal cancer. (ewha.ac.kr)
  • Patients and Methods: Between 2000 and 2015, 80 consecutive patients with rectal cancer underwent preoperative CRT followed by curative resection. (ewha.ac.kr)
  • Surgical resection remains the mainstay of curative treatment. (gla.ac.uk)
  • Methods: We analysed a prospectively kept database of patients after gastric resection for adenocarcinoma at a tertiary Australian hospital. (gla.ac.uk)
  • An endoscopical and histological study was carried out in 114 patients, treated by 'curative' resection of the terminal ileum and part of the colon for Crohn's disease, in order to study the natural history of recurrent Crohn's disease. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusion: The PLR had a clinical impact on the long-term oncological outcomes of patients with esophageal cancer treated with curative intent. (iiarjournals.org)
  • Introduction: Patients with NSCLC may be treated with curative intent, yet they remain at high risk of both disease recurrence and second primary lung cancer (SPLC) and increased risk of early death. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • METHODS: All data from patients with RC in Denmark in 2009-2010 who were operated on with curative intent were retrieved from the Danish Colorectal Cancer Group database. (aau.dk)
  • The aim was to evaluate the LRR in a national Danish consecutive cohort of patients with RC.METHODS: All data from patients with RC in Denmark in 2009-2010 who were operated on with curative intent were retrieved from the Danish Colorectal Cancer Group database. (aau.dk)
  • Patients treated with palliative-intent SBRT were spared morbidity and mortality from progression of treated lesions, though all developed further metastatic progression shortly (median 4 months) after enrollment. (nih.gov)
  • Purpose: There exists a subgroup of patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) who neither warrant nor request curative-intent treatment and who progress to a terminal-care paradigm. (edu.au)
  • Conclusion: This study serves as a timely reminder that when curative-intent HNC treatment options have been exhausted, dialog and action need to be directed to transitioning the patient to a terminal-care management paradigm. (edu.au)
  • OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the survival of patients who underwent pelvic exenteration (PE) with curative intent for primary persistent or recurrent cervical cancer. (unicatt.it)
  • Recently, Peritoneal Surface Oncology Group International (PSOGI) developed a novel comprehensive treatment consisting of cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and perioperative chemotherapy (POC) for the treatment of peritoneal metastases (PM) from gastric cancer with curative intent. (lu.se)
  • Results: One hundred and seventy-three patients underwent gastrectomy with curative intent. (gla.ac.uk)
  • The use of a systematic follow-up strategy for the detection of disease recurrence or SPLC after curative-intent treatment of NSCLC may increase the proportion of patients available for retreatment and increase the survival of patients with surveillance detection. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • Methods: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies on follow-up of NSCLC after curative-intent treatment to answer the following three questions: What is the effect of follow-up on detection of recurrence or SPLC? (kcl.ac.uk)
  • What is the effect of surveillance detection on curative-intent retreatment? (kcl.ac.uk)
  • Curative-intent retreatment prolonged survival in reported studies. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • Conclusions: The early detection of disease recurrence/SPLC may increase the likelihood of curative-intent retreatment and prolong survival. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • LP-irinotecan TACE was conducted in 42% of patients as salvage therapy, 20% as an intensification treatment, 16% as a first-line treatment, 14% a consolidation treatment and 8% combination treatment with ablation with curative intent. (springer.com)
  • We identified 101 patients who underwent a total of 219 sessions of embolization. (nih.gov)
  • Patients and Methods: This study included 168 patients who underwent curative surgery followed by perioperative adjuvant chemotherapy for esophageal cancer between 2005 and 2018. (iiarjournals.org)
  • METHODS: We retrospectively investigated 167 consecutive patients, referred to the gynecological oncology units of 4 centers in Germany or Italy, who underwent PE. (unicatt.it)
  • Twenty-seven patients (16.2%) underwent PE owing to advanced primary tumors (group A), 34 patients (20.4%) underwent PE owing to persistent cancer after chemotherapy or chemoradiation (group B), and 106 patients (63.4%) underwent PE owing to recurrence (group C). The prevalent histologic type was squamous cell cancer. (unicatt.it)
  • All patients underwent X-ray, CT and MRI examinations. (scirp.org)
  • All patients underwent standardized drug therapy and hyperbaric oxygen adjuvant therapy. (scirp.org)
  • Prevalence of decisional regret among patients who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and associations with quality of life and clinical outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • Conclusions: Among patients who underwent alloHCT and lived to 100 days, the majority did not report regretting their transplantation. (cdc.gov)
  • the time a patient lives following treatment) at three years was 21% for patients with a TP53 mutation, less than half of the 52% of patients without a TP53 mutation and was similar among different genetic subcategories of patients with a TP53 mutation. (curetoday.com)
  • The objective of this study was to assess emergency department visits and unplanned hospitalizations for these patients during and immediately after their treatment. (ices.on.ca)
  • Patients receiving CCRT had a statistically higher likelihood of treatment period events. (ices.on.ca)
  • Conclusions - Patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer have significant unplanned hospitalizations and visits to the emergency department in the treatment period. (ices.on.ca)
  • The general assumption is that because early detection of recurrence leads to increased rates of curative treatment, [ 9 ] the OS of patients in follow-up will increase as well. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We evaluated the clinical impact of the preoperative platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in patients with resectable esophageal cancer who received curative treatment. (iiarjournals.org)
  • Although the survival rate after curative treatment gradually improves, more than half of patients develop recurrent disease, even after curative treatment, and the prognosis of patients with recurrence is poor ( 5 , 6 ). (iiarjournals.org)
  • Therefore, it is necessary to determine prognostic factors and to establish which patients with prognostic factors require more aggressive treatment. (iiarjournals.org)
  • Many patients have found relief from pain, nausea, appetite loss, and other treatment side effects through the use of medical marijuana. (newsbitbox.com)
  • In conclusion, medical marijuana holds immense potential in the treatment of various symptoms experienced by cancer patients. (newsbitbox.com)
  • The alert also notes that a negative result from the Curative PCR test "does not rule out COVID-19 and should not be used as the sole basis for treatment or patient management decisions. (the-hospitalist.org)
  • Although hepatitis C infection is a highly curable disease, few insured patients diagnosed received direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment during 2019-2020, while disparities contributed to treatment delays, according to new CDC data appearing in an early edition of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report . (medpagetoday.com)
  • To increase treatment access, researchers suggested removing eligibility restrictions/preauthorization requirements, providing treatment where patients already receive services in as few visits as possible, and expanding primary care providers who can treat hepatitis C. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Removing barriers to treatment is a critical step, as is increasing screening for hepatitis C. We estimate about 40% of people with hepatitis C in the U.S. are unaware of their infection -- testing is the first step to accessing curative treatment. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Aruvant chooses Lonza to Manufacture ARU-1801, a Potentially curative Treatment. (lonza.com)
  • curative treatment. (cdc.gov)
  • There is presently no curative treatment. (wikipedia.org)
  • Surgical excision of abnormal parathyroid glands offers the only permanent, curative treatment for primary hyperparathyroidism. (medscape.com)
  • Testing is the first step to accessing curative treatment. (cdc.gov)
  • Elderly patients affected by head and neck squamous cell carcinoma unfit for standard curative treatment: Is de-intensified, hypofractionated radiotherapy a feasible strategy? (unifi.it)
  • Unfortunately, Ms. Richmond was one of Burzynski's patients who was desperately trying to raise $50,000 for treatment at the Burzynski Clinic. (scienceblogs.com)
  • this is the treatment of choice for most patients. (medscape.com)
  • Dasatinib (Sprycel): Indicated for the treatment of adult patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic, accelerated, or myeloid or lymphoid blast phase who are resistant or intolerant to prior therapy including imatinib. (medscape.com)
  • I don't think I've ever seen a trial in lung cancer that looked at the ability of any given treatment to cure patients. (medscape.com)
  • and easing transitions when curative treatment is no longer an option. (nationaljewish.org)
  • Transarterial chemoembolisation (TACE) using irinotecan-eluting beads is an additional treatment option for colorectal cancer liver metastases (CRLM) patients that are not eligible for curative treatment approaches. (springer.com)
  • This interim analysis focuses on feasibility of the planned statistical analysis regarding data distribution and completeness, treatment intention, safety and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of the first 50 patients prospectively enrolled in the CIrse REgistry for LifePearl™ microspheres (CIREL), an observational multicentre study conducted across Europe. (springer.com)
  • Transarterial chemoembolisation (TACE) using irinotecan-eluting beads is part of the loco-regional treatments toolbox to control colorectal cancer liver metastases (CRLM) in the 80% of patients that are not eligible for the only proven curative treatment options, surgery and thermal ablation [ 1 , 2 ]. (springer.com)
  • Eligible patients were ≥ 18 years with histologically confirmed colorectal adenocarcinoma with liver-only or liver-dominant metastases, and treatment with LP-irinotecan TACE (LifePearl™ microspheres, Terumo Europe N.V., Leuven, Belgium) decided in a multi-disciplinary tumour board. (springer.com)
  • Similar supportive treatment is available to rehabilitate patients after curative treatment. (webmd.com)
  • The study of rare cancers is important not only for improving the treatment of patients suffering from them but also because it can teach us about what makes other cancers vulnerable. (eurekalert.org)
  • One week, two weeks, one month, three months, six months and 12 months after treatment, the patients were evaluated and followed up at the monitoring sites. (scirp.org)
  • the remaining 38 patients (61.29%) were combined with varying degrees of neurological impairment, and surgical treatment was performed after 2 to 4 weeks of drug therapy without improvement (group B). The pain scores showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups at the same time point (P (scirp.org)
  • For patients with impairing CBD, corticosteroid therapy continues to be the primary treatment modality (Glazer and Newman 2003). (cdc.gov)
  • Patients who are sensitized to beryllium but do not yet have the disease do not need any treatment. (cdc.gov)
  • Patients who have early beryllium disease but do not yet have symptoms may not require treatment. (cdc.gov)
  • Furthermore, the author considers some of the reasons why analysts didn't explore this particular form of repetition, which is regularly re-enacted in the transference-countertransference dynamics in the analysis of patients who have experienced in their past a cumulative trauma, and the principal curative factors in the treatment of this kind of patients. (bvsalud.org)
  • In some patients, staging procedures may be limited to those that are the most crucial to guide treatment. (who.int)
  • for cancer treatment example, curative treatment may continue as planned to ensure the best chance of remission. (who.int)
  • Patients should continue to report any side effects from cancer treatment to their doctor or nurse. (who.int)
  • therefore, patients on palliative care treatment might be given the option to be cared for at home by family rather than in a healthcare setting, if possible. (who.int)
  • When possible, patients on palliative care treatment can stay in touch with loved ones via telephone and virtual meeting (video) calls. (who.int)
  • Treatment is often supportive, but Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) inhibitors, such as ruxolitinib , fedratinib , or pacritnib, may decrease symptoms and stem cell transplantation may be curative. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A total of 584 patients were included, of whom 347 started treatment. (cancercentrum.se)
  • The low proportions of patients starting treatment within the target times indicates a great need for improvement. (cancercentrum.se)
  • Methods - A cohort of patients treated for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma was developed using administrative data. (ices.on.ca)
  • Future work should explore regret in other patient groups and use qualitative methods to inform best practices for reducing regret. (cdc.gov)
  • In April 2012, the American Lung Association released a guidance statement 5 to patients and physicians indicating that LDCT screening should be recommended only for people who meet NLST criteria because of the questions that remain about optimal methods and effectiveness in other populations. (cdc.gov)
  • OBJECTIVES: The aim of our work was to report on the clinical outcome of a moderately hyprofractionated radiotherapy regimen in elderly patients affected by head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). (unifi.it)
  • Patients with metastases at the time of diagnosis, patients with synchronous colon cancer, and patients, in whom only local surgical procedures were performed, were excluded. (aau.dk)
  • Local recurrence was found in 68 patients, resulting in an LRR of 4.2%, and 182 (11%) patients developed distant metastases. (aau.dk)
  • Prospective pilot study to assess patient outcome after stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for limited metastases from breast cancer. (nih.gov)
  • SBRT may yield prolonged survival and perhaps cure in select patients with limited metastases. (nih.gov)
  • Forty-nine patients (29.3%) had pelvic lymph node metastases and 44 patients (26.3%) had pelvic sidewall involvement. (unicatt.it)
  • The number of unplanned hospitalizations or ED visits (per 100 patient days) were 0.69 for surgery, 0.78 for surgery followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT), 0.55 for surgery followed by radiotherapy, 0.86 for CCRT, and 0.50 for radiation. (ices.on.ca)
  • For highly selected patients with early stage (≤3 cm), unresectable hilar cholangiocarcinoma or cholangiocarcinoma arising in the setting of primary sclerosing cholangitis, the sequential combination of high-dose neoadjuvant radiotherapy with chemosensitization, brachytherapy, maintenance chemotherapy, and orthotopic liver transplantation achieves excellent outcomes, with a 65% rate of recurrence-free survival after 5 years. (medscape.com)
  • Patients with preoperatively staged T3 or T4 N1 disease should be considered for clinical trials of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. (medscape.com)
  • NCCN guidelines recommend consideration of a course of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for patients with jaundice. (medscape.com)
  • Nonetheless, today, most patients with BL can be cured with intensive conventional chemotherapy by accepting the fact that some will be over-treated, but directing research towards trying to identify such patients and minimizing therapy to the extent possible. (hindawi.com)
  • In advanced adenocarcinoma of GC, gastroesophageal junction cancer (GEJC) and esophageal cancer (EC), the combination of nivolumab and chemotherapy in first-line therapy improves overall survival (OS) in PD-L1 (programmed cell death protein 1)-positive patients with approval in Europe (PD-L1 CPS (combined positivity score) ≥ 5), USA and Taiwan (CHECKMATE-649) and pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy for GEJC and EC in Europe (CPS ≥ 10) and the USA (KEYNOTE-590). (mdpi.com)
  • We report a patient with PNP deficiency, who received HLA-identical sibling marrow without chemotherapy because of disseminated cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. (frontiersin.org)
  • Rapidly progressive, chemotherapy-incurable acute leukemia Overview of Leukemia develops in about 30% of patients. (msdmanuals.com)
  • This pivotal prospective study demonstrates that allogeneic HCT represents an important, potentially curative, therapeutic strategy in patients with high-risk genetic sub-groups of MDS, including patients with TP53 mutated MDS," Journal of Clinical Oncology associated editor Dr. Charles F. Craddock of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England wrote in a contextual commentary published along with the study. (curetoday.com)
  • Complete response was observed with many drugs used as single agents, but Ziegler and colleagues showed that patients resistant to one drug could achieve cure and potentially long-term survival with other drugs. (hindawi.com)
  • Intellia Therapeutics is a leading genome editing company, focused on the development of proprietary, potentially curative therapeutics using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. (newswise.com)
  • Background: Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHCT) is potentially curative but with known negative effects on quality of life. (cdc.gov)
  • Background: Perioperative systemic inflammation affects the long-term oncological outcomes of patients with malignancies. (iiarjournals.org)
  • Minimally invasive biomarkers predictive of cediranib benefit may improve patient outcomes. (nature.com)
  • She has successfully led large teams of health care professionals with a focus on excellence in patient care and outcomes. (biztimes.com)
  • In the current study, the authors investigated whether patients expressed regret after undergoing HCT and the relationships between clinical outcomes and quality of life. (cdc.gov)
  • A part of this group of patients with recurrent CRC can be treated curatively. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Exogenous reinfection as a cause of recurrent tuberculosis after patients with silicosis in Hong Kong. (cdc.gov)
  • Survival after curative pelvic exenteration for primary or recurrent cervical cancer: a retrospective multicentric study of 167 patients. (unicatt.it)
  • CONCLUSION: Pelvic exenteration is a valid therapeutic option for patients with locally advanced primary persistent or recurrent cervical cancer, with a long-term survival in 40% of the patients. (unicatt.it)
  • Natural history of recurrent Crohn's disease at the ileocolonic anastomosis after curative surgery. (bmj.com)
  • Patients present with recurrent infections associated with T-lymphocytopenia, characteristically presenting later than patients with classical severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). (frontiersin.org)
  • The patient presented at 14 months of age following recurrent infections, from early infancy, with persistent irritability, developmental delay, and hypotonia. (frontiersin.org)
  • The preoperative assessment of the liver reserve function in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with cirrhosis is crucial, and there is no universal consensus on how to assess it. (wjgnet.com)
  • The Optimal Management for Sub-Centimeter Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Curative Treatments or Follow-Up? (medscimonit.com)
  • Hematopoietic cell transplantation improved survival among high-risk genetic subgroups of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome, a recent study found. (curetoday.com)
  • Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is the only curative therapy for myelofibrosis (MF). (duke.edu)
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation can be considered in young patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia in chronic phase if a human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched donor is available. (medscape.com)
  • The only curative therapy is hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. (frontiersin.org)
  • Eisenhower Health navigates cancer patients through personalized therapies with increasingly curative technologies. (palmspringslife.com)
  • Patients who pursue these types of therapies tend to feel less lonely, less anxious about the future, and more optimistic about recovery. (webmd.com)
  • Current therapies are usually not curative, and patients' symptoms return quickly. (eurekalert.org)
  • The findings suggest that current therapies for LGL leukemia should target the whole immune system, not only the cancer cells, to increase the quality of life of patients. (eurekalert.org)
  • This study aimed to assess whether there was a need to provide curative treatments for sub-centimeter hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) to patients at risk for high false positives. (medscimonit.com)
  • Targeting centrosome amplification provides candidates for curative treatments for breast cancer patients. (cancertreatmentsresearch.com)
  • He offers his antineoplaston therapy under the auspices of clinical trials, but then requires that the patient pay exorbitant sums of money for drugs and treatments, even though requiring patients to pay to be in clinical trials is considered dubious at best and highly unethical at worst. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Obviously, not every patient with cancer can be cured with our current armamentarium of anticancer treatments, but we need to make sure we put it on the table. (medscape.com)
  • Survival following allogeneic transplant in patients with myelofibrosis. (duke.edu)
  • The peripheral smear below shows leukoerythroblastosis and giant platelets in a patient with myelofibrosis. (medscape.com)
  • Peripheral smear of a patient with agnogenic myeloid metaplasia (myelofibrosis) shows leukoerythroblastosis. (medscape.com)
  • In many patients, myelofibrosis is asymptomatic. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Novel therapeutic options, based on an improved understanding of underlying biology and response to therapy, are urgently needed for patients presenting with advanced biliary tract cancer (ABC). (nature.com)
  • In patients with clinical stage III rectal cancer, LNR was significantly associated with OS and DFS when the number of evaluated LNs was greater than 12 (p=0.038 for OS, p=0.006 for DFS). (ewha.ac.kr)
  • Surgical meatotomy or meatoplasty is, in general, curative. (medscape.com)
  • One hundred and ninety-one of these patients had early gastric cancer and the other 199 had advanced gastric cancer. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Nine patients died with a recurrence of gastric cancer and 20 patients died with a malignancy in other organs. (elsevierpure.com)
  • The latest study findings were reached via genetic analysis of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network 1102 multicenter study of comparing different therapy options among 309 patients with MDS ages 50 to 75 with International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) intermediate-2 or high-risk MDS. (curetoday.com)
  • The strategic long-term manufacturing agreement with Lonza is a critical step to advancing the clinical development of ARU-1801 for sickle cell patients. (lonza.com)
  • CONCLUSION: The hypofractionated radiation schedule evaluated provides clinical benefit with low toxicity in frail, elderly patients affected by locally advanced HNSCC. (unifi.it)
  • We also don't have a good way of designing clinical trials to assess whether the regimen is curative. (medscape.com)
  • From January 2002 to August 2015, 62 patients with Brucella-associated spondylitis were treated with comprehensive diagnosis based on epidemiological history, clinical manifestations, imaging findings, laboratory tests, and local biopsy. (scirp.org)
  • The author retrospectively analyzed 62 cases of elderly BS patients with integrated clinical and follow-up data from January 2002 to August 2015 in our hospital. (scirp.org)
  • The risk of regretting transplantation was 17.5 percentage points (95% confidence interval, 5.5-29.7 percentage points) greater in patients who developed disease recurrence after HCT compared with patients who did not. (cdc.gov)
  • The CIrse REgistry for LifePearl™ microspheres (CIREL) was designed to prospectively capture data of CRLM patients decided to be treated with TACE using irinotecan-eluting LifePearl™ microspheres (LP-irinotecan TACE). (springer.com)
  • Optimal results for patients with extensive disease probably require 5 or 6 effective drugs along with intrathecal therapy, using MTX and Ara-C. In Africa, doses must be lower, because of limitations in supportive care, but in technically advanced countries cure rates in excess of 90% can be obtained. (hindawi.com)
  • 4 Unfortunately, most patients are present with advanced (non-resectable or metastatic) disease and their survival is ≤3 months, with best supportive care alone. (nature.com)
  • Supportive therapy such as hospice care for cancer patients nearing the end of their lives provides relief from pain and other irreversible symptoms. (webmd.com)
  • Of all included patients, 479 (29%) were treated with preoperative long-course CRT. (aau.dk)
  • This figure did not differ significantly from that in patients examined one to three years or three to 10 years after surgery (79% and 77% respectively). (bmj.com)
  • More advanced lesions observed in patients examined one to three years after surgery, consisted of larger, often serpiginous ulcerations and nodular thickening of folds. (bmj.com)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommend that primary care providers test all adult patients for hepatitis C. (cdc.gov)
  • To explore the slow transition from curative to preventive healthcare in the prescribing behavior of physicians and the different perceptions among physicians and patients regarding Nutraceuticals. (ijpsr.com)
  • There is little data on the correlation between the reduction in fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG- PET ) radioactive accumulation and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) levels with pathological tumor responses (PTRs) and prognosis after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NACRT) for patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). (bvsalud.org)
  • Allogeneic HCT confers superior survival in transplant-eligible patients with high-risk MDS and an available donor. (curetoday.com)
  • For an allogeneic stem cell transplant , after the bone marrow is destroyed, the patient receives blood-forming stem cells from another person - the donor," the American Cancer Society explained. (curetoday.com)
  • Vertex's VX-880, an investigational allogeneic stem cell-derived, fully differentiated, insulin-producing islet cell therapy for T1D, has already achieved proof-of-concept with highly promising safety and efficacy results from an ongoing Phase 1/2 study which continues to enroll and dose patients. (vrtx.com)
  • The results of this study will provide evidence on whether nationwide implementation of PHFU for CRC in The Netherlands will be successful in reducing contact between patient and health care provider. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The Food and Drug Administration has issued a safety communication about the potential for false results from a rapid COVID-19 test from Curative, which is being used in Los Angeles and other large metropolitan areas in the United States. (the-hospitalist.org)
  • Rituximab may improve the results in some patient groups and allow less intensive therapy without a reduction in survival in others. (hindawi.com)
  • Results: The median follow-up period for patients overall was 59 months (range=11-190 months). (ewha.ac.kr)
  • RESULTS: Thirty-six patients were treated between 2011 and 2016. (unifi.it)
  • Results: Recurrence or SPLC was observed in 17.8% to 71% of patients. (kcl.ac.uk)
  • It was described as "the only curative therapy for myelodysplastic syndrome" in a 2016 study published in Hematology, ASH Education Program . (curetoday.com)
  • Our track record in the cell and gene therapy space makes us the ideal partner to help manufacture ARU-1801, a differentiated gene therapy that is an important future option for patients with sickle cell disease. (lonza.com)
  • Although I had heard of him years ago, mainly in the context of his desperate patients tapping into the generosity of kind-hearted strangers to pay for his "antineoplaston" therapy, I hadn't really written much about him until very recently. (scienceblogs.com)
  • While 38% reported a worse, 62% reported a stable or better global health score, and 54% of patients with worse global health score were treated as salvage therapy patients. (springer.com)
  • Deterioration of HRQOL was seen especially in salvage therapy patients. (springer.com)
  • Among them, 38 patients with neurological impairment were treated with one-stage debridement and posterior pedicle screw fixation on the basis of drug therapy. (scirp.org)
  • Patients should be monitored for therapy-induced side effects on an ongoing basis. (cdc.gov)
  • Classification and staging systems become more and more complex such that diagnosis and staging comprise significant elements of the cost of managing a patient, without necessarily resulting in improved survival. (hindawi.com)
  • Average age at diagnosis was 68, with 72% being male patients. (gla.ac.uk)
  • Median overall survival (OS) was 17.5 months, and the one-year survival rate was 58.5 percent for the first 25 patients in our trial. (mskcc.org)
  • Palliative care incorporates the hopes and values of patients and their family members. (nationaljewish.org)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Five-year follow-up of curatively treated patients with RC in Denmark revealed a low LRR. (aau.dk)
  • Counterfeit or illegally distributed medicinal products jeopardise supplies of safe, essential preparations to patients and healthcare workers. (swissmedic.ch)
  • Concurrently, Curative has created and launched a first-of-its-kind health insurance plan offering that brings unmatched transparency into healthcare costs. (curative.com)
  • Starting in Texas, Curative is working to remake our healthcare system into one that works for and supports patients' whole health and well-being through every step of their personal health journey. (curative.com)
  • Our tool helps you understand your health by organizing your medical information in one place- from all of your patient portal accounts at each of your healthcare providers. (curative.com)
  • To mitigate the risk for false negatives, the agency advises clinicians to perform the Curative test as described in the product's Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers . (the-hospitalist.org)
  • If you are a patient, please refer your questions to your healthcare provider. (cdc.gov)
  • Therefore, the PLR might be a promising prognostic factor for patients with esophageal cancer. (iiarjournals.org)
  • A 10-year retrospective series of boys with BXO at Boston Children's Hospital included 41 patients with a median age of 10.6 years, of whom 85% were aged 8-13 years. (medscape.com)
  • Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy is not currently a standard option for patients with biliary tract cancer. (medscape.com)
  • Patients with recognized exposures (such as use of injection drugs) should be tested for hepatitis C regardless of age or setting prevalence, and regular periodic testing should continue as long as risk persists. (cdc.gov)
  • [ 4 ] They found that the risk of meatal stenosis after circumcision was low overall but that there was weak evidence suggesting a nonsignificantly higher prevalence in circumcised patients. (medscape.com)
  • In total, 50 patients ≥ 18 years diagnosed with CRLM and decided to be treated with irinotecan-eluting LifePearl™ microspheres TACE (LP-irinotecan TACE) by a multidisciplinary tumour board. (springer.com)
  • The immune system in these patients is overactivated and keeps giving the tumour cells cues to keep growing as well as provides them with a favourable environment," says Doctoral Researcher Dipabarna Bhattacharya from the University of Helsinki. (eurekalert.org)
  • The aim was to evaluate the LRR in a national Danish consecutive cohort of patients with RC. (aau.dk)
  • Quality of life, fear of cancer recurrence, patient satisfaction, cost-effectiveness and survival are the secondary endpoints. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As research progresses, it is hopeful that medical marijuana will continue to unlock its curative potential, improving the overall quality of life for cancer patients. (newsbitbox.com)
  • Milwaukee-based Curative has served southeastern Wisconsin since 1919 by improving the function and quality of life for children, adults and senior citizens with disabilities or limiting conditions. (biztimes.com)
  • The goal is to relieve pain and other symptoms, maintain general health, improve quality of life, and provide emotional, psychological, and logistical support to patients and their families. (webmd.com)
  • We retrospectively reviewed the files of all patients that we had treated with Onyx embolic material for a brain AVM during the last 4 years. (nih.gov)
  • With HCT factored in as a time-dependent co-variate, 23% of patients with a TP53 mutation who received HCT experienced OS at three years, compared to 11% of patients with a TP53 mutation who did not receive HCT. (curetoday.com)
  • Likewise, OS at three years was 68% among patients with very high risk IPSS (IPSS-M) without a TP53 mutation in the donor arm was 68%, but 0% for patients in the non-donor arm. (curetoday.com)
  • The follow-up conform Dutch guidelines encompasses a standard protocol for surgically resected stage I, II and III CRC patients with carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) measurements every three to six months during the first two years, and every six to 12 months during the third, fourth and fifth year. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As of April 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that primary care providers screen all patients 18 years and older at least once in their lifetime for hepatitis C, a liver infection caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). (cdc.gov)
  • The median age of the cohort was 77.5 (range: 65-91 years) with a combined ECOG PS of 2-3 in 77.8% and CCI of ≥8 in 25% patients, respectively. (unifi.it)
  • Candace brings to Curative 25 years of experience in health care. (biztimes.com)
  • Morgan also expressed the gratitude of the Curative Care Network board to Robert Coons Jr., who has retired after serving for 19 years as the president and CEO of Curative Care Network. (biztimes.com)
  • In patients examined three to 10 years after the operation, the anastomosis was frequently stenosed and rigid, with large ulcers extending from the stenosis into the colon. (bmj.com)
  • At 4 years of age and 29 months post-transplant, the patient demonstrated normal T-lymphocyte and natural killer cell numbers. (frontiersin.org)
  • No grade 4-5 toxicity was observed, while 13/36 patients (36%) had G3 acute side effects. (unifi.it)
  • Beryllium Toxicity: How Should Patients Exposed to Beryllium Be Treated and Managed? (cdc.gov)
  • We present our experience with Onyx in the curative embolization of brain cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). (nih.gov)
  • As we expand Curative, one thread that follows is our commitment to exceptional user experience, and Wingspan Health will help us continue to deliver on that promise. (curative.com)
  • We're thrilled to be part of the Curative family to continue and enhance the experience. (curative.com)
  • On the basis of these data and reports indicating that patients with HPV-positive cancer have their first sexual experience at a young age and have multiple partners, we postulate that increased incidence of OSCC in the United States and some countries in northern Europe is because of a new, primarily sexually transmitted HPV epidemic. (cdc.gov)
  • Together with co-author Umberto Tosi, MD at Weill Cornell Medicine, I recently published a review paper in Pharmaceutics to provide an update on our experience using CED to treat pediatric patients with DIPG. (mskcc.org)
  • Curative today announced the acquisition of Wingspan Health, an app that brings your medical records into one place. (curative.com)
  • The acquisition transfers Wingspan's technology, assets, and team, all coming on the heels of Curative receiving its Certificate of Authority to be a health insurance company in the state of Texas. (curative.com)
  • Acquisition by Curative Health Holdings. (curative.com)