Prognosis
Survival Analysis
A class of statistical procedures for estimating the survival function (function of time, starting with a population 100% well at a given time and providing the percentage of the population still well at later times). The survival analysis is then used for making inferences about the effects of treatments, prognostic factors, exposures, and other covariates on the function.
Tumor Markers, Biological
Molecular products metabolized and secreted by neoplastic tissue and characterized biochemically in cells or body fluids. They are indicators of tumor stage and grade as well as useful for monitoring responses to treatment and predicting recurrence. Many chemical groups are represented including hormones, antigens, amino and nucleic acids, enzymes, polyamines, and specific cell membrane proteins and lipids.
Survival Rate
Neoplasm Staging
Retrospective Studies
Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.
Follow-Up Studies
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
A nonparametric method of compiling LIFE TABLES or survival tables. It combines calculated probabilities of survival and estimates to allow for observations occurring beyond a measurement threshold, which are assumed to occur randomly. Time intervals are defined as ending each time an event occurs and are therefore unequal. (From Last, A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1995)
Treatment Outcome
Immunohistochemistry
Disease-Free Survival
Multivariate Analysis
Lymphatic Metastasis
Proportional Hazards Models
Predictive Value of Tests
In screening and diagnostic tests, the probability that a person with a positive test is a true positive (i.e., has the disease), is referred to as the predictive value of a positive test; whereas, the predictive value of a negative test is the probability that the person with a negative test does not have the disease. Predictive value is related to the sensitivity and specificity of the test.
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
Disease Progression
Risk Factors
Prospective Studies
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Neoplasm Metastasis
Cohort Studies
Studies in which subsets of a defined population are identified. These groups may or may not be exposed to factors hypothesized to influence the probability of the occurrence of a particular disease or other outcome. Cohorts are defined populations which, as a whole, are followed in an attempt to determine distinguishing subgroup characteristics.
Combined Modality Therapy
Tissue Array Analysis
Carcinoma
Gene Expression Profiling
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
A primary malignant neoplasm of epithelial liver cells. It ranges from a well-differentiated tumor with EPITHELIAL CELLS indistinguishable from normal HEPATOCYTES to a poorly differentiated neoplasm. The cells may be uniform or markedly pleomorphic, or form GIANT CELLS. Several classification schemes have been suggested.
Neoplasm Grading
Brain Neoplasms
Neoplasms of the intracranial components of the central nervous system, including the cerebral hemispheres, basal ganglia, hypothalamus, thalamus, brain stem, and cerebellum. Brain neoplasms are subdivided into primary (originating from brain tissue) and secondary (i.e., metastatic) forms. Primary neoplasms are subdivided into benign and malignant forms. In general, brain tumors may also be classified by age of onset, histologic type, or presenting location in the brain.
Age Factors
Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time.
Colorectal Neoplasms
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
Biological Markers
Measurable and quantifiable biological parameters (e.g., specific enzyme concentration, specific hormone concentration, specific gene phenotype distribution in a population, presence of biological substances) which serve as indices for health- and physiology-related assessments, such as disease risk, psychiatric disorders, environmental exposure and its effects, disease diagnosis, metabolic processes, substance abuse, pregnancy, cell line development, epidemiologic studies, etc.
Neoplasm Proteins
Proteins whose abnormal expression (gain or loss) are associated with the development, growth, or progression of NEOPLASMS. Some neoplasm proteins are tumor antigens (ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM), i.e. they induce an immune reaction to their tumor. Many neoplasm proteins have been characterized and are used as tumor markers (BIOMARKERS, TUMOR) when they are detectable in cells and body fluids as monitors for the presence or growth of tumors. Abnormal expression of ONCOGENE PROTEINS is involved in neoplastic transformation, whereas the loss of expression of TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS is involved with the loss of growth control and progression of the neoplasm.
Receptor, erbB-2
A cell surface protein-tyrosine kinase receptor that is overexpressed in a variety of ADENOCARCINOMAS. It has extensive homology to and heterodimerizes with the EGF RECEPTOR, the ERBB-3 RECEPTOR, and the ERBB-4 RECEPTOR. Activation of the erbB-2 receptor occurs through heterodimer formation with a ligand-bound erbB receptor family member.
Immunoenzyme Techniques
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Tumors or cancer of the PANCREAS. Depending on the types of ISLET CELLS present in the tumors, various hormones can be secreted: GLUCAGON from PANCREATIC ALPHA CELLS; INSULIN from PANCREATIC BETA CELLS; and SOMATOSTATIN from the SOMATOSTATIN-SECRETING CELLS. Most are malignant except the insulin-producing tumors (INSULINOMA).
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Melanoma
A malignant neoplasm derived from cells that are capable of forming melanin, which may occur in the skin of any part of the body, in the eye, or, rarely, in the mucous membranes of the genitalia, anus, oral cavity, or other sites. It occurs mostly in adults and may originate de novo or from a pigmented nevus or malignant lentigo. Melanomas frequently metastasize widely, and the regional lymph nodes, liver, lungs, and brain are likely to be involved. The incidence of malignant skin melanomas is rising rapidly in all parts of the world. (Stedman, 25th ed; from Rook et al., Textbook of Dermatology, 4th ed, p2445)
Ki-67 Antigen
Heart Failure
A heterogeneous condition in which the heart is unable to pump out sufficient blood to meet the metabolic need of the body. Heart failure can be caused by structural defects, functional abnormalities (VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION), or a sudden overload beyond its capacity. Chronic heart failure is more common than acute heart failure which results from sudden insult to cardiac function, such as MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
Ovarian Neoplasms
Receptors, Estrogen
Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous
Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
Myocardial Infarction
Fatal Outcome
Chi-Square Distribution
A distribution in which a variable is distributed like the sum of the squares of any given independent random variable, each of which has a normal distribution with mean of zero and variance of one. The chi-square test is a statistical test based on comparison of a test statistic to a chi-square distribution. The oldest of these tests are used to detect whether two or more population distributions differ from one another.
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
Mutation
Biopsy
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
RNA, Messenger
RNA sequences that serve as templates for protein synthesis. Bacterial mRNAs are generally primary transcripts in that they do not require post-transcriptional processing. Eukaryotic mRNA is synthesized in the nucleus and must be exported to the cytoplasm for translation. Most eukaryotic mRNAs have a sequence of polyadenylic acid at the 3' end, referred to as the poly(A) tail. The function of this tail is not known for certain, but it may play a role in the export of mature mRNA from the nucleus as well as in helping stabilize some mRNA molecules by retarding their degradation in the cytoplasm.
Sensitivity and Specificity
Receptors, Progesterone
Specific proteins found in or on cells of progesterone target tissues that specifically combine with progesterone. The cytosol progesterone-receptor complex then associates with the nucleic acids to initiate protein synthesis. There are two kinds of progesterone receptors, A and B. Both are induced by estrogen and have short half-lives.
Incidence
Case-Control Studies
Studies which start with the identification of persons with a disease of interest and a control (comparison, referent) group without the disease. The relationship of an attribute to the disease is examined by comparing diseased and non-diseased persons with regard to the frequency or levels of the attribute in each group.
Lymph Nodes
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
Chromosome Aberrations
ROC Curve
In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
Glioblastoma
A malignant form of astrocytoma histologically characterized by pleomorphism of cells, nuclear atypia, microhemorrhage, and necrosis. They may arise in any region of the central nervous system, with a predilection for the cerebral hemispheres, basal ganglia, and commissural pathways. Clinical presentation most frequently occurs in the fifth or sixth decade of life with focal neurologic signs or seizures.
Neuroblastoma
A common neoplasm of early childhood arising from neural crest cells in the sympathetic nervous system, and characterized by diverse clinical behavior, ranging from spontaneous remission to rapid metastatic progression and death. This tumor is the most common intraabdominal malignancy of childhood, but it may also arise from thorax, neck, or rarely occur in the central nervous system. Histologic features include uniform round cells with hyperchromatic nuclei arranged in nests and separated by fibrovascular septa. Neuroblastomas may be associated with the opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome. (From DeVita et al., Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 5th ed, pp2099-2101; Curr Opin Oncol 1998 Jan;10(1):43-51)
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
Malignant lymphoma composed of large B lymphoid cells whose nuclear size can exceed normal macrophage nuclei, or more than twice the size of a normal lymphocyte. The pattern is predominantly diffuse. Most of these lymphomas represent the malignant counterpart of B-lymphocytes at midstage in the process of differentiation.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Carcinoma, Renal Cell
Registries
DNA Methylation
Remission Induction
Sarcoma
Polymerase Chain Reaction
In vitro method for producing large amounts of specific DNA or RNA fragments of defined length and sequence from small amounts of short oligonucleotide flanking sequences (primers). The essential steps include thermal denaturation of the double-stranded target molecules, annealing of the primers to their complementary sequences, and extension of the annealed primers by enzymatic synthesis with DNA polymerase. The reaction is efficient, specific, and extremely sensitive. Uses for the reaction include disease diagnosis, detection of difficult-to-isolate pathogens, mutation analysis, genetic testing, DNA sequencing, and analyzing evolutionary relationships.
Glioma
Benign and malignant central nervous system neoplasms derived from glial cells (i.e., astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and ependymocytes). Astrocytes may give rise to astrocytomas (ASTROCYTOMA) or glioblastoma multiforme (see GLIOBLASTOMA). Oligodendrocytes give rise to oligodendrogliomas (OLIGODENDROGLIOMA) and ependymocytes may undergo transformation to become EPENDYMOMA; CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS; or colloid cysts of the third ventricle. (From Escourolle et al., Manual of Basic Neuropathology, 2nd ed, p21)
Reproducibility of Results
The statistical reproducibility of measurements (often in a clinical context), including the testing of instrumentation or techniques to obtain reproducible results. The concept includes reproducibility of physiological measurements, which may be used to develop rules to assess probability or prognosis, or response to a stimulus; reproducibility of occurrence of a condition; and reproducibility of experimental results.
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
Gene Amplification
A selective increase in the number of copies of a gene coding for a specific protein without a proportional increase in other genes. It occurs naturally via the excision of a copy of the repeating sequence from the chromosome and its extrachromosomal replication in a plasmid, or via the production of an RNA transcript of the entire repeating sequence of ribosomal RNA followed by the reverse transcription of the molecule to produce an additional copy of the original DNA sequence. Laboratory techniques have been introduced for inducing disproportional replication by unequal crossing over, uptake of DNA from lysed cells, or generation of extrachromosomal sequences from rolling circle replication.
Antigens, Neoplasm
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Soft tissue tumors or cancer arising from the mucosal surfaces of the LIP; oral cavity; PHARYNX; LARYNX; and cervical esophagus. Other sites included are the NOSE and PARANASAL SINUSES; SALIVARY GLANDS; THYROID GLAND and PARATHYROID GLANDS; and MELANOMA and non-melanoma skin cancers of the head and neck. (from Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 4th ed, p1651)
Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal
Cyclophosphamide
Precursor of an alkylating nitrogen mustard antineoplastic and immunosuppressive agent that must be activated in the LIVER to form the active aldophosphamide. It has been used in the treatment of LYMPHOMA and LEUKEMIA. Its side effect, ALOPECIA, has been used for defleecing sheep. Cyclophosphamide may also cause sterility, birth defects, mutations, and cancer.
Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic
Sex Factors
Maleness or femaleness as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from SEX CHARACTERISTICS, anatomical or physiological manifestations of sex, and from SEX DISTRIBUTION, the number of males and females in given circumstances.
Neovascularization, Pathologic
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
alpha-Fetoproteins
Apoptosis
One of the mechanisms by which CELL DEATH occurs (compare with NECROSIS and AUTOPHAGOCYTOSIS). Apoptosis is the mechanism responsible for the physiological deletion of cells and appears to be intrinsically programmed. It is characterized by distinctive morphologic changes in the nucleus and cytoplasm, chromatin cleavage at regularly spaced sites, and the endonucleolytic cleavage of genomic DNA; (DNA FRAGMENTATION); at internucleosomal sites. This mode of cell death serves as a balance to mitosis in regulating the size of animal tissues and in mediating pathologic processes associated with tumor growth.
Chronic Disease
Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care. (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)
Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
Gastrectomy
Electrocardiography
Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY.
Regression Analysis
Procedures for finding the mathematical function which best describes the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables. In linear regression (see LINEAR MODELS) the relationship is constrained to be a straight line and LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS is used to determine the best fit. In logistic regression (see LOGISTIC MODELS) the dependent variable is qualitative rather than continuously variable and LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS are used to find the best relationship. In multiple regression, the dependent variable is considered to depend on more than a single independent variable.
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Doxorubicin
Blotting, Western
Astrocytoma
Neoplasms of the brain and spinal cord derived from glial cells which vary from histologically benign forms to highly anaplastic and malignant tumors. Fibrillary astrocytomas are the most common type and may be classified in order of increasing malignancy (grades I through IV). In the first two decades of life, astrocytomas tend to originate in the cerebellar hemispheres; in adults, they most frequently arise in the cerebrum and frequently undergo malignant transformation. (From Devita et al., Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 5th ed, pp2013-7; Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1082)
Carcinoma, Papillary
Tumor Burden
Phenotype
Genes, p53
Lymph Node Excision
MicroRNAs
Small double-stranded, non-protein coding RNAs, 21-25 nucleotides in length generated from single-stranded microRNA gene transcripts by the same RIBONUCLEASE III, Dicer, that produces small interfering RNAs (RNA, SMALL INTERFERING). They become part of the RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX and repress the translation (TRANSLATION, GENETIC) of target RNA by binding to homologous 3'UTR region as an imperfect match. The small temporal RNAs (stRNAs), let-7 and lin-4, from C. elegans, are the first 2 miRNAs discovered, and are from a class of miRNAs involved in developmental timing.
Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
Osteosarcoma
Tumor Suppressor Proteins
Analysis of Variance
Actuarial Analysis
The application of probability and statistical methods to calculate the risk of occurrence of any event, such as onset of illness, recurrent disease, hospitalization, disability, or death. It may include calculation of the anticipated money costs of such events and of the premiums necessary to provide for payment of such costs.
Signal Transduction
The intracellular transfer of information (biological activation/inhibition) through a signal pathway. In each signal transduction system, an activation/inhibition signal from a biologically active molecule (hormone, neurotransmitter) is mediated via the coupling of a receptor/enzyme to a second messenger system or to an ion channel. Signal transduction plays an important role in activating cellular functions, cell differentiation, and cell proliferation. Examples of signal transduction systems are the GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID-postsynaptic receptor-calcium ion channel system, the receptor-mediated T-cell activation pathway, and the receptor-mediated activation of phospholipases. Those coupled to membrane depolarization or intracellular release of calcium include the receptor-mediated activation of cytotoxic functions in granulocytes and the synaptic potentiation of protein kinase activation. Some signal transduction pathways may be part of larger signal transduction pathways; for example, protein kinase activation is part of the platelet activation signal pathway.
Truth Disclosure
Truthful revelation of information, specifically when the information disclosed is likely to be psychologically painful ("bad news") to the recipient (e.g., revelation to a patient or a patient's family of the patient's DIAGNOSIS or PROGNOSIS) or embarrassing to the teller (e.g., revelation of medical errors).
Prednisone
Cisplatin
An inorganic and water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts with DNA to produce both intra and interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity of cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in the G2 phase of the cell cycle.
Up-Regulation
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
Any of a group of malignant tumors of lymphoid tissue that differ from HODGKIN DISEASE, being more heterogeneous with respect to malignant cell lineage, clinical course, prognosis, and therapy. The only common feature among these tumors is the absence of giant REED-STERNBERG CELLS, a characteristic of Hodgkin's disease.
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
Statistics, Nonparametric
A class of statistical methods applicable to a large set of probability distributions used to test for correlation, location, independence, etc. In most nonparametric statistical tests, the original scores or observations are replaced by another variable containing less information. An important class of nonparametric tests employs the ordinal properties of the data. Another class of tests uses information about whether an observation is above or below some fixed value such as the median, and a third class is based on the frequency of the occurrence of runs in the data. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p1284; Corsini, Concise Encyclopedia of Psychology, 1987, p764-5)
Risk
Remission, Spontaneous
Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor
A cell surface receptor involved in regulation of cell growth and differentiation. It is specific for EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR and EGF-related peptides including TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; AMPHIREGULIN; and HEPARIN-BINDING EGF-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR. The binding of ligand to the receptor causes activation of its intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity and rapid internalization of the receptor-ligand complex into the cell.
Genotype
Survival
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Clinical Trials as Topic
Works about pre-planned studies of the safety, efficacy, or optimum dosage schedule (if appropriate) of one or more diagnostic, therapeutic, or prophylactic drugs, devices, or techniques selected according to predetermined criteria of eligibility and observed for predefined evidence of favorable and unfavorable effects. This concept includes clinical trials conducted both in the U.S. and in other countries.
Tumor Cells, Cultured
Neoadjuvant Therapy
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Endometrial Neoplasms
Translocation, Genetic
Mice, Nude
Lymphoma, T-Cell
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
A chronic leukemia characterized by abnormal B-lymphocytes and often generalized lymphadenopathy. In patients presenting predominately with blood and bone marrow involvement it is called chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL); in those predominately with enlarged lymph nodes it is called small lymphocytic lymphoma. These terms represent spectrums of the same disease.
Coma
Gene Expression
Life Tables
Pleural Neoplasms
Cause of Death
Nuclear Proteins
Carcinoembryonic Antigen
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Lymphoma, B-Cell
Early Diagnosis
Logistic Models
Statistical models which describe the relationship between a qualitative dependent variable (that is, one which can take only certain discrete values, such as the presence or absence of a disease) and an independent variable. A common application is in epidemiology for estimating an individual's risk (probability of a disease) as a function of a given risk factor.
Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
Hospital Mortality
Genes, erbB-2
The erbB-2 gene is a proto-oncogene that codes for the erbB-2 receptor (RECEPTOR, ERBB-2), a protein with structural features similar to the epidermal growth factor receptor. Its name originates from the viral oncogene homolog (v-erbB) which is a truncated form of the chicken erbB gene found in the avian erythroblastosis virus. Overexpression and amplification of the gene is associated with a significant number of adenocarcinomas. The human c-erbB-2 gene is located at 17q21.2.
Echocardiography
Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating
Age of Onset
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
A condition in which the LEFT VENTRICLE of the heart was functionally impaired. This condition usually leads to HEART FAILURE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; and other cardiovascular complications. Diagnosis is made by measuring the diminished ejection fraction and a depressed level of motility of the left ventricular wall.
Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell
Stroke Volume
RNA, Small Interfering
Small double-stranded, non-protein coding RNAs (21-31 nucleotides) involved in GENE SILENCING functions, especially RNA INTERFERENCE (RNAi). Endogenously, siRNAs are generated from dsRNAs (RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED) by the same ribonuclease, Dicer, that generates miRNAs (MICRORNAS). The perfect match of the siRNAs' antisense strand to their target RNAs mediates RNAi by siRNA-guided RNA cleavage. siRNAs fall into different classes including trans-acting siRNA (tasiRNA), repeat-associated RNA (rasiRNA), small-scan RNA (scnRNA), and Piwi protein-interacting RNA (piRNA) and have different specific gene silencing functions.
Level of retinoblastoma protein expression correlates with p16 (MTS-1/INK4A/CDKN2) status in bladder cancer. (1/52363)
Recent studies have shown that patients whose bladder cancer exhibit overexpression of RB protein as measured by immunohistochemical analysis do equally poorly as those with loss of RB function. We hypothesized that loss of p16 protein function could be related to RB overexpression, since p16 can induce transcriptional downregulation of RB and its loss may lead to aberrant RB regulation. Conversely, loss of RB function has been associated with high p16 protein expression in several other tumor types. In the present study RB negative bladder tumors also exhibited strong nuclear p16 staining while each tumor with strong, homogeneous RB nuclear staining were p16 negative, supporting our hypothesis. To expand on these immunohistochemical studies additional cases were selected in which the status of the p16 encoding gene had been determined at the molecular level. Absent p16 and high RB protein expression was found in the tumors having loss of heterozygosity within 9p21 and a structural change (mutation or deletion) of the remaining p16 encoding gene allele, confirming the staining results. These results strongly support the hypothesis that the RB nuclear overexpression recently associated with poor prognosis in bladder cancer is also associated with loss of p16 function and implies that loss of p16 function could be equally deleterious as RB loss in bladder and likely other cancers. (+info)Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in human oral squamous cell carcinoma: its association with tumour progression and p53 gene status. (2/52363)
AIMS: To correlate vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma with the clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis; and to assess whether p53 gene status is associated with VEGF expression in human cancers. METHODS: Tumour specimens from 45 patients with oral squamous cell carcinomas were examined. Expression of VEGF was determined using an immunohistochemical method, and a tumour was considered positive when more than 5% of the neoplastic cells showed VEGF immunoreactivity. The p53 gene status was screened using a polymerase chain reaction--single strand conformation polymorphism analysis. RESULTS: VEGF positive staining was detected in 19 (42.2%) of the 45 cases. VEGF immunoreactivity did not correlate with the histological degree of tumour differentiation, clinical stages, or lymph node metastasis. The patients with VEGF positive tumours had a significantly worse prognosis than those with VEGF negative tumours. The five year overall survival rate of the VEGF negative patients was 76.5%, as compared with 48.8% for the VEGF positive patients. No significant association between VEGF expression and the p53 gene status of the tumours was found. CONCLUSIONS: VEGF is a good prognostic indicator of the survival of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma. The p53 gene status does not seem to be associated with VEGF expression in these cancers. (+info)The role of alternative splicing of the adhesion molecule, CD44, in lymphoid malignancy. (3/52363)
AIM: To investigate the expression of CD44 isoforms containing variant exon 6 (v6) in a well characterised cohort of patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), and to correlate this with phenotype and disease course. METHODS: Cryostat sections of OCT embedded diagnostic nodal material from NHL patients and cryopreserved mononuclear preparations from CLL patients were used as sources of RNA. After reverse transcription, PCR was carried out with amplimers positioned at either side of the variant exon insertion site to amplify all possible CD44 isoforms. Those isoforms containing v6 were identified after Southern blotting and hybridisation with a radiolabelled oligonucleotide. RESULTS: Of 32 NHL samples analysed, 16 did not express CD44 isoforms containing v6, six expressed an isoform containing exon v6 alone, and 10 expressed v6 long isoforms which contained exon v6 in addition to other variant exons. These data did not correlate with lymphoma classification, disease staging, or the presence or absence of extranodal disease. However, those patients expressing v6 long CD44 isoforms had a worse overall survival than those that did not. The plateau of the survival curves was 50% compared with 82%. No v6 long isoforms were detected in the 21 CLL samples investigated. CONCLUSIONS: The expression of v6 long CD44 isoforms is associated with aggressive disease in NHL, independent of grade, stage, or presence of extranodal disease. (+info)Is hospital care involved in inequalities in coronary heart disease mortality? Results from the French WHO-MONICA Project in men aged 30-64. (4/52363)
OBJECTIVES: The goal of the study was to assess whether possible disparities in coronary heart disease (CHD) management between occupational categories (OC) in men might be observed and contribute to the increasing inequalities in CHD morbidity and mortality reported in France. METHODS: The data from the three registers of the French MONICA Collaborative Centres (MCC-Lille, MCC-Strasbourg, and MCC-Toulouse) were analysed during two period: 1985-87 and 1989-91. Acute myocardial infarctions and coronary deaths concerning men, aged 30-64 years, were included. Non-professionally active and retired men were excluded. Results were adjusted for age and MCC, using a logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: 605 and 695 events were analysed for 1985-87 and 1989-91, respectively. Out of hospital cardiac arrests, with or without cardiac resuscitation, and 28 day case fatality rates were lower among upper executives in both periods. A coronarography before the acute event had been performed more frequently in men of this category and the proportion of events that could be hospitalised was higher among them. In both periods, the management of acute myocardial infarctions in hospital and prescriptions on discharge were similar among occupational categories. CONCLUSIONS: For patients who could be admitted to hospital, the management was found to be similar among OCs, as was the 28 day case fatality rate among the hospitalised patients. In contrast, lower prognosis and higher probability of being hospitalised after the event among some categories suggest that pre-hospital care and the patient's conditions before the event are the primary factors involved. (+info)Correlation between the status of the p53 gene and survival in patients with stage I non-small cell lung carcinoma. (5/52363)
The association of p53 abnormalities with the prognosis of patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) has been extensively investigated to date, however, this association is still controversial. Therefore, we investigated the prognostic significance of p53 mutations through exons 2 to 11 and p53 protein expression in 103 cases of stage I NSCLC. p53 mutations were detected in 49 of 103 (48%) tumors. Two separate mutations were detected in four tumors giving a total of 53 unique mutations in 49 tumors. Ten (19%) of mutations occurred outside exons 5-8. Positive immunohistochemical staining of p53 protein was detected in 41 of 103 (40%) tumors. The concordance rate between mutations and protein overexpression was only 69%. p53 mutations, but not expression, were significantly associated with a shortened survival of patients (P<0.001). Furthermore, we investigated the correlation between the types of p53 mutations and prognosis. p53 missense mutations rather than null mutations were associated with poor prognosis (P < 0.001 in missense mutations and P=0.243 in null mutations). These results indicated that p53 mutations, in particular missense mutations, rather than p53 expression could be a useful molecular marker for the prognosis of patients with surgically resected stage I NSCLC. (+info)Intrahepatic recurrence after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma: long-term results of treatment and prognostic factors. (6/52363)
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the long-term results of treatment and prognostic factors in patients with intrahepatic recurrence after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Recent studies have demonstrated the usefulness of re-resection, transarterial oily chemoembolization (TOCE), or percutaneous ethanol injection therapy (PEIT) in selected patients with intrahepatic recurrent HCC. The overall results of a treatment strategy combining these modalities have not been fully evaluated, and the prognostic factors determining survival in these patients remain to be clarified. METHODS: Two hundred and forty-four patients who underwent curative resection for HCC were followed for intrahepatic recurrence, which was treated aggressively with a strategy including different modalities. Survival results after recurrence and from initial hepatectomy were analyzed, and prognostic factors were determined by univariate and multivariate analysis using 27 clinicopathologic variables. RESULTS: One hundred and five patients (43%) with intrahepatic recurrence were treated with re-resection (11), TOCE (71), PEIT (6), systemic chemotherapy (8) or conservatively (9). The overall 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year survival rates from the time of recurrence were 65.5%, 34.9%, and 19.7%, respectively, and from the time of initial hepatectomy were 78.4%, 47.2%, and 30.9%, respectively. The re-resection group had the best survival, followed by the TOCE group. Multivariate analysis revealed Child's B or C grading, serum albumin < or = 40 g/l, multiple recurrent tumors, recurrence < or = 1 year after hepatectomy, and concurrent extrahepatic recurrence to be independent adverse prognostic factors. CONCLUSIONS: Aggressive treatment with a multimodality strategy could result in prolonged survival in patients with intrahepatic recurrence after curative resection for HCC. Prognosis was determined by the liver function status, interval to recurrence, number of recurrent tumors, any concurrent extrahepatic recurrence, and type of treatment. (+info)Surgery-related factors and local recurrence of Wilms tumor in National Wilms Tumor Study 4. (7/52363)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prognostic factors for local recurrence in Wilms tumor. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Current therapy for Wilms tumor has evolved through four studies of the National Wilms Tumor Study Group. As adverse prognostic factors were identified, treatment of children with Wilms tumor has been tailored based on these factors. Two-year relapse-free survival of children in the fourth study (NWTS-4) exceeded 91%. Factors once of prognostic import for local recurrence may lose their significance as more effective therapeutic regimens are devised. METHODS: Children evaluated were drawn from the records of NWTS-4. A total of 2482 randomized or followed patients were identified. Local recurrence, defined as recurrence in the original tumor bed, retroperitoneum, or within the abdominal cavity or pelvis, occurred in 100 children. Using a nested case-control study design, 182 matched controls were selected. Factors were analyzed for their association with local failure. Relative risks and 95% confidence intervals were calculated, taking into account the matching. RESULTS: The largest relative risks for local recurrence were observed in patients with stage III disease, those with unfavorable histology (especially diffuse anaplasia), and those reported to have tumor spillage during surgery. Multiple regression analysis adjusting for the combined effects of histology, lymph node involvement, and age revealed that tumor spillage remained significant. The relative risk of local recurrence from spill was largest in children with stage II disease. The absence of lymph node biopsy was also associated with an increased relative risk of recurrence, which was largest in children with stage I disease. The survival of children after local recurrence is poor, with an average survival rate at 2 years after relapse of 43%. Survival was dependent on initial stage: those who received more therapy before relapse had a worse prognosis. CONCLUSIONS: This study has demonstrated that surgical rupture of the tumor must be prevented by the surgeon, because spills produce an increased risk of local relapse. Both local and diffuse spills produce this risk. Stage II children with local spill appear to require more aggressive therapy than that used in NWTS-4. The continued critical importance of lymph node sampling in conjunction with nephrectomy for Wilms tumor is also established. Absence of lymph node biopsy may result in understaging and inadequate treatment of the child and may produce an increased risk of local recurrence. (+info)Cardiovascular disease in insulin dependent diabetes mellitus: similar rates but different risk factors in the US compared with Europe. (8/52363)
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) in insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) has been linked to renal disease. However, little is known concerning international variation in the correlations with hyperglycaemia and standard CVD risk factors. METHODS: A cross-sectional comparison was made of prevalence rates and risk factor associations in two large studies of IDDM subjects: the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study (EDC) and the EURODIAB IDDM Complications Study from 31 centres in Europe. Subgroups of each were chosen to be comparable by age and duration of diabetes. The EDC population comprises 286 men (mean duration 20.1 years) and 281 women (mean duration 19.9 years); EURODIAB 608 men (mean duration 18.1 years) and 607 women (mean duration 18.9 years). The mean age of both populations was 28 years. Cardiovascular disease was defined by a past medical history of myocardial infarction, angina, and/or the Minnesota ECG codes (1.1-1.3, 4.1-4.3, 5.1-5.3, 7.1). RESULTS: Overall prevalence of CVD was similar in the two populations (i.e. men 8.6% versus 8.0%, women 7.4% versus 8.5%, EURODIAB versus EDC respectively), although EDC women had a higher prevalence of angina (3.9% versus 0.5%, P < 0.001). Multivariate modelling suggests that glycaemic control (HbA1c) is not related to CVD in men. Age and high density lipoprotein cholesterol predict CVD in EURODIAB, while triglycerides and hypertension predict CVD in EDC. For women in both populations, age and hypertension (or renal disease) are independent predictors. HbA1c is also an independent predictor-inversely in EURODIAB women (P < 0.008) and positively in EDC women (P = 0.03). Renal disease was more strongly linked to CVD in EDC than in EURODIAB. CONCLUSIONS: Despite a similar prevalence of CVD, risk factor associations appear to differ in the two study populations. Glycaemic control (HbA1c) does not show a consistent or strong relationship to CVD. (+info)
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Boxer's fracture
Prognosis for these fractures is generally good, with total healing time not exceeding 12 weeks. The first two weeks will show ...
Acne
Prognosis[edit]. Acne usually improves around the age of 20 but may persist into adulthood.[75] Permanent physical scarring may ...
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Prognosis[edit]. Prognosis in HSCT varies widely dependent upon disease type, stage, stem cell source, HLA-matched status (for ... The post-transplant prognosis often includes acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease that may be life-threatening. However ... Post-HSCT oral cancer may have more aggressive behavior with poorer prognosis, when compared to oral cancer in non-HSCT ...
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizure
Prognosis[edit]. Though there is limited evidence, outcomes appear to be relatively poor with a review of outcome studies ...
Lyme disease
Prognosis[edit]. Lyme disease's typical first sign, the erythema migrans (EM) rash, resolves within several weeks even without ... In dogs, a serious long-term prognosis may result in glomerular disease,[278] which is a category of kidney damage that may ...
Coffin-Lowry syndrome
Prognosis[edit]. Lifespan may be significantly shortened in males with Coffin-Lowry syndrome. Patients may survive into their ... Prognosis. Treatment Cognitive disabilities. Mental retardation. Most severe. Ranges from severe to relatively normal intellect ...
Lassa fever
Prognosis[edit]. About 15-20% of hospitalized Lassa fever patients will die from the illness. The overall mortality rate is ...
Membranous glomerulonephritis
Prognosis[edit]. About a third of untreated patients have spontaneous remission, another third progress to require dialysis and ...
High-altitude cerebral edema
Treatment and prognosis[edit]. Patients with HACE should be brought to lower altitudes and provided supplemental oxygen,[17] ...
Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
Prognosis[edit]. The prognosis of SSSS in children is excellent, with complete resolution within 10 days of treatment, and ... However, SSSS must be differentiated carefully from toxic epidermal necrolysis, which carries a poor prognosis. The prognosis ...
Familial amyloid polyneuropathy
Prognosis[edit]. In the absence of a liver transplant, FAP is invariably fatal, usually within a decade. The disadvantage of ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Antiphospholipid syndrome
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Phimosis
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Codependency
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Hypertensive kidney disease
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Necrotizing enterocolitis
Prognosis. Risk of death ~25%[1]. Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a medical condition where a portion of the bowel dies.[1] ... Prognosis[edit]. Typical recovery from NEC if medical, non-surgical treatment succeeds, includes 10-14 days or more without ... long-term prognosis for infants undergoing NEC surgery is improving, with survival rates of 70-80%. "Surgical NEC" survivors ...
Kallmann syndrome
Prognosis[edit]. Reversal of symptoms have been reported in between 10% to 22% of cases.[38][2] ...
Vocal cord cyst
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Potter sequence
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Progressive supranuclear palsy
Prognosis[edit]. There is currently no effective treatment or cure for PSP, although some of the symptoms can respond to ...
Abscess
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Minimal residual disease
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Chikungunya
Prognosis[edit]. The mortality rate of chikungunya is slightly less than 1 in 1000.[67] Those over the age of 65, neonates, and ...
Hyperhidrosis
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Leigh syndrome
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IgA nephropathy
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Cerebral palsy
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Hypertensive emergency
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Patient's6
- The survival rate is a standard factor to discuss the patient's prognosis. (news-medical.net)
- A patient's prognosis will vary depending on their individual case, with an average life expectancy of six to twelve months. (mesothelioma.com)
- That's why Sheltzer set out to find other easily identifiable factors that can determine a cancer patient's prognosis. (eurekalert.org)
- But as improved antiretroviral therapy has lengthened the life expectancy of HIV patients, these two factors are no longer sufficient in developing a patient's prognosis, said Amy Justice, a professor at the Yale School of Medicine and chief of general internal medicine for the VA Connecticut Healthcare System. (yaledailynews.com)
- Other factors that affect the prognosis with papillary thyroid cancer include cancer that spread to the soft tissue or to distant parts of the patient's body. (empowher.com)
- For 19th century physicians, particularly those following the French school of medicine, the main aim of medicine was not to cure disease, but rather to give a medical diagnosis and achieve a satisfying prognosis of the patient's chances. (wikipedia.org)
Life expectancy1
- Many patients with advanced, incurable cancer have a poor understanding of their prognosis or life expectancy, a new study shows. (cancer.gov)
Affect your prognosis4
- Many factors affect your prognosis. (medlineplus.gov)
- Other factors, like your age, also affect your prognosis. (healthgrades.com)
- Ask your doctor about the factors that affect your prognosis and what they mean for you. (cancer.ca)
- Talk to your doctor to learn more about the individual factors that may affect your prognosis. (healthline.com)
Symptoms5
- Keep in mind that diagnosing and treating feline lymphoma as soon as the symptoms are discovered will influence considerably the prognosis. (vetinfo.com)
- Learn more about the symptoms, treatment, and prognosis. (reference.com)
- The presence of sensory symptoms in addition to motor and/or co-ordination symptoms at onset indicate a better prognosis than co-ordination and/or motor symptoms alone. (mult-sclerosis.org)
- The prognosis of a genetic condition depends on many factors, including the specific diagnosis and an individual's particular signs and symptoms. (medlineplus.gov)
- He or she can assess your medical history and signs and symptoms to give you the most accurate estimate of your prognosis. (medlineplus.gov)
Long-term prognosis3
- Maryland is awaiting word this week on the long-term prognosis of two key offensive players -- running back Da'Rel Scott (broken forearm) and left tackle Bruce Campbell (knee) -- who suffered injuries in Saturday's 24-21 victory over Clemson. (washingtonpost.com)
- If someone is diagnosed with alcoholic hepatitis, their long-term prognosis is not very good, especially if it is left untreated. (infobarrel.com)
- The effects that these drugs will have on long-term prognosis are not clearly defined, but it is safe bet that they will generally improve the disease course for people who use them. (mult-sclerosis.org)
Breast cancer prognosis2
- The results suggest that assessing TGF-Ã ² signaling may be a useful aid in determining breast cancer prognosis and in guiding treatment. (redorbit.com)
- There are a few general facts that are helpful to know about breast cancer prognosis. (healthline.com)
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- Retrieved on December 11, 2019 from https://www.news-medical.net/health/Neuroblastoma-Prognosis.aspx. (news-medical.net)
- 2019. Neuroblastoma Prognosis . (news-medical.net)
- Susan King, latimes.com , "Faced with cancer, longtime showbiz reporter David Sheehan looks back at his lifetime of celebrity interviews," 27 June 2019 As our environmental prognosis grows increasingly grim, designers have started to think about ways to mitigate what feels like an an inevitable crash course with nature. (merriam-webster.com)
- Liz Stinson, Curbed , "In the Maldives, MIT experiment fights rising sea levels with nature," 21 June 2019 His prognosis has dwindled from months to weeks to live as the cancer has spread to his heart and lungs. (merriam-webster.com)
- Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY , "'What I want is a peaceful death': Kevin Roster has only weeks to live - and that's why he moved to California," 7 June 2019 Despite huge progress, a subset of ALL children continued to have a grim prognosis with standard chemotherapy. (merriam-webster.com)
- Marie Mccullough, https://www.inquirer.com , "How conquering a rare leukemia in children revolutionized cancer care for millions," 6 June 2019 Heidi Winchester was diagnosed with cancer in 2011 and was given a terminal prognosis last year, according to court records. (merriam-webster.com)
- oregonlive.com , "Judge clears way for man accused of killing cancer-stricken wife to attend son's high school graduation in Lake Oswego," 4 June 2019 Deutsche Telekom will report free cash flow after leases to help shareholders understand the impact of the new accounting rules and compare the company's performance to prior reporting periods and its medium-term prognosis . (merriam-webster.com)
- Nina Trentmann, WSJ , "CFOs Overhaul Performance Measures in Response to New Accounting Rules," 2 May 2019 Fast-forward a couple of years, however, and the prognosis is not so sunny. (merriam-webster.com)
Patients22
- Patients with Parkinson's disease may be stratified on the basis of specific subtypes that progress differently and that are associated with different prognoses, a new study suggests. (medscape.com)
- We have found that it is possible to accurately predict prognosis, disability, and survival of patients with Parkinson's disease by classifying them into different clinical subtypes at the time of diagnosis," senior author Thomas Warner, MD, University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology, United Kingdom, told Medscape Medical News . (medscape.com)
- He noted that the neurology community has always recognized that patients who present with prominent tremor often have a better prognosis. (medscape.com)
- Angiosarcoma patients are mostly diagnosed after the tumor has spread all over the body and this type of late identification may result in a poor prognosis. (news-medical.net)
- According to various studies, improved prognosis is achieved when patients have smaller tumors that can be easily removed from the body. (news-medical.net)
- The most complicated or severe prognosis of patients with angiosarcoma is death. (news-medical.net)
- The plethora of acquired genomic abnormalities in 80-90% of patients, some relatively unique to MDS such as epigenetic and spliceosome mutations, has an impact on diagnosis, prognosis, risk stratification and choice of treatment. (springer.com)
- The investigators concluded that detection of circulating miR-148a expression in the peripheral blood is useful in identifying patients with osteosarcoma who have a poor prognosis. (medscape.com)
- A study by Zhao et al found that high expression of the oncoprotein transient receptor potential melastatin member 8 (TRPM8) was predictive of a poor prognosis in patients with osteosarcoma, in that it was associated with higher clinical stage and distant metastasis, as well as with shorter overall survival and disease-free survival. (medscape.com)
- Sarcomatoid mesothelioma doesn't respond well to treatment and metastasizes aggressively, leaving patients with an average prognosis of 8 - 10 months. (mesothelioma.com)
- Scientists at Imperial College London and the University of Melbourne have developed artificial intelligence (AI) software that they claim can more accurately predict ovarian cancer prognosis than current methods, and which can also indicate which treatments are most likely to be effective for individual patients. (genengnews.com)
- With this new classification system we can better predict which patients have a poor prognosis compared to current methods", said Gottfrid Sjödahl, a doctoral student at the Division of Oncology, Lund University. (eurekalert.org)
- Highly recommended for everyone from patients wrestling with their personal prognosis to any medical practitioner touched by this bioethical dilemma. (uchicago.edu)
- In a major advancement for the field of HIV treatment, a new study has identified a more accurate method of suggesting prognosis for HIV patients. (yaledailynews.com)
- But the implications of these findings go even further than giving individual patients more accurate prognoses. (yaledailynews.com)
- Patients who discussed their prognosis with their doctors were more likely to understand the serious nature of their illness. (cancer.gov)
- Patients with advanced cancer may benefit from having discussions about their prognoses with their physicians. (cancer.gov)
- Differentiation between hospital-acquired acute renal failure (ARF) and community-acquired ARF may have epidemiological implications that lead to different prognoses in hospitalized patients. (nih.gov)
- For example, patients who have small thyroid gland tumors or who are younger than age 40 have a better prognosis. (empowher.com)
- Patients with familial medullary thyroid cancer have the best prognosis, while patients with MEN 2B associated medullary thyroid cancer have the worst. (empowher.com)
- The distinct curves, significant log rank result, and hazard ratio estimates suggests tumour grade is a prognostic factor, as it identifies three groups of patients with a different average prognosis. (nih.gov)
- New research suggests that breast cancer patients who have little social interaction may face a worse prognosis than those who have plenty of social support. (netdoctor.co.uk)
Worse prognosis2
- The other cell types, sarcomatoid and biphasic, are less common and indicate a worse prognosis than epithelioid. (mesothelioma.com)
- People who have a large tumor or are older than age 45, however, have a worse prognosis. (empowher.com)
Overall prognosis for people1
- This improves overall prognosis for people with AFib. (healthline.com)
Survival6
- It is associated with the best prognosis and survival. (medscape.com)
- Together, survival rates and prognoses are an average. (healthgrades.com)
- Discuss your prognosis and survival chances with your doctor. (healthgrades.com)
- The prognosis of IPF is poor with a median survival of 3-5 years after diagnosis and no curative medical therapies. (reference.com)
- Mesothelioma prognosis is rated by the cancer five-year survival rate tool. (infobarrel.com)
- Estimators that are commonly used to describe prognoses include: Progression-free survival - the length of time during and after medication or treatment during which the disease being treated (usually cancer) does not get worse. (wikipedia.org)
Predict5
- When evaluating prognosis in acute pancreatitis, it is also important to consider the outcome that one is trying to predict and when such a prediction should be made. (cmaj.ca)
- Understand your predicament, but it is difficult to predict the prognosis. (medhelp.org)
- This groundbreaking book explains prognosis from the perspective of doctors, examining why physicians are reluctant to predict the future, how doctors use prognosis, the symbolism it contains, and the emotional difficulties it involves. (uchicago.edu)
- However, these statistics can't predict your personal outcome, as each person's prognosis is different. (healthline.com)
- The prognosis of very rare diseases can be difficult to predict because so few affected individuals have been identified. (medlineplus.gov)
Improve the prognosis2
- The main thing the doctors will try to do in order to improve the prognosis of alcoholic hepatitis is to try to prevent the liver from contracting cirrhosis and help the liver to work better. (infobarrel.com)
- Furthermore, there is a vast amount of research work going on at the moment, which will, in all likelihood, result in treatments that will further improve the prognosis. (mult-sclerosis.org)
Treatment7
- Your health care provider bases your prognosis on the type and stage of cancer you have, your treatment, and what has happened to people with cancer similar to yours. (medlineplus.gov)
- Understanding statistics used to guide prognosis and evaluate treatment. (medlineplus.gov)
- Newser) - The prognosis and treatment for Edward Kennedy are uncertain, doctors say. (newser.com)
- The hardest to treat is the form of this cancer that gets into the heart tissues, while the Mesothelioma prognosis for the cancer in the stomach region is what happens about 15 percent of the time and is middle range for treatment results. (infobarrel.com)
- The results suggest that testing for this gene signature could aid in the prognosis and treatment of breast cancer, especially in ER positive tumors. (redorbit.com)
- A prognosis is your doctor's best estimate of how cancer will affect you and how it will respond to treatment. (cancer.ca)
- Seeking treatment and maintaining regular visits with your doctor can typically improve your prognosis when you have AFib. (healthline.com)
Doctor's2
- A prognosis refers to a doctor's prediction regarding the probable course of a disease, disorder or injury. (hollywoodreporter.com)
- The main thing for people with alcoholic hepatitis to know is that alcohol is the reason for their condition and if they want a good prognosis of alcoholic hepatitis then they must stop drinking and follow their doctor's advice for helping their live to heal. (infobarrel.com)
Worst prognosis2
- The worst prognosis is seen mainly in soft tissue angiosarcomas, because they are very difficult to examine. (news-medical.net)
- Of all the types of thyroid cancer, anaplastic thyroid cancer has the worst prognosis. (empowher.com)
Factors6
- Only a doctor familiar with all of these factors can put the information together to arrive at a prognosis. (cancer.ca)
- If you are wondering about the prognosis of your aggressive dog, there are several factors to keep in mind. (hubpages.com)
- This article will tackle a few factors that come into play when it comes to a dog aggression prognosis. (hubpages.com)
- Next, we'll see some factors to consider when it comes to a dog aggression prognosis. (hubpages.com)
- A prognosis is made on the basis of the normal course of the diagnosed disease, the individual's physical and mental condition, the available treatments, and additional factors. (wikipedia.org)
- This statistical information does not apply to the prognosis for each individual patient, because patient-specific factors can substantially change the expected course of the disease: additional information is needed to determine whether a patient belongs to the 45% who will die, or to the 55% who survive. (wikipedia.org)
Ovarian cancer1
- A panel of epigenetic methylation marker has been explored for prognosis of ovarian cancer, and it is reported that the panel exhibited high specificity and sensitivity (both above 70%) as a screen marker. (wikipedia.org)
Diagnosis4
- With each passing Bieber incident, however, the diagnosis gets more credible, and the prognosis even more worrisome. (dictionary.com)
- If a person has severe acute alcoholic hepatitis the prognosis for alcoholic hepatitis gives them a 50 percent chance of dying within a month of diagnosis. (infobarrel.com)
- Prognosis may also be difficult or impossible to establish if a person's diagnosis is unknown. (medlineplus.gov)
- citation needed] Medical diagnosis Nocebo Optimism bias Placebo (origins of technical term) Prediction Reference class forecasting Sign (medicine) Symptom "What is the prognosis of a genetic condition? (wikipedia.org)
Prognostic3
- The results are generated as a Radiomic Prognostic Vector (RPV) score, which indicates the severity of the disease and likely prognosis. (genengnews.com)
- Prognosis Research Strategy (PROGRESS) 2: prognostic factor research. (nih.gov)
- In recent years, advances in molecular techniques, genomics, cancer biology and sequencing technology have provided opportunities to discover and validate new biomarkers for prognosis, particularly molecular prognostic markers. (wikipedia.org)
Grim1
- If it has spread all over and the main tumor has metastasized, then the prognosis is very grim. (infobarrel.com)
MedlinePlus1
- MedlinePlus added that women who are younger than 40 years older have a better prognosis. (empowher.com)
Prediction1
- A] manifesto for a form of prognosis that's equal parts prediction-an assessment of likely outcomes based on statistical averages-and prophecy, an intuition of what lies ahead. (uchicago.edu)
Depends on the type1
- Your prognosis depends on the type and stage of your leukemia. (healthgrades.com)
Surgery2
- Tsuchiya H, Tomita K. Prognosis of osteosarcoma treated by limb-salvage surgery: the ten-year intergroup study in Japan. (medscape.com)
- Prague, 10 December 1996 (RFE/RL) - Doctors monitoring Czech President Vaclav Havel's recovery following last week's cancer surgery say his condition is improving and the prognosis for his recovery is good. (rferl.org)
Poor5
- Generally, angiosarcomas have a poor prognosis. (news-medical.net)
- As with all types of malignant mesothelioma, prognosis for pleural malignant mesothelioma is poor. (mesothelioma.com)
- People with leukemia used to have a poor prognosis. (healthgrades.com)
- Of course, on the contrary, if the medical cause is not treatable, the prognosis can be relatively poor. (hubpages.com)
- Large tumor, late staging, presence of cancer cells in multiple distant lymph nodes, and observation of metastasis often associate with poor prognosis. (wikipedia.org)
Dismal2
- Idiopathic lung fibrosis is a debilitating disease with a dismal prognosis. (reference.com)
- The prognosis was dismal and she was told by her medical doctors that the sight lost associated with her suffering from diabetes was irreversible. (constantcontact.com)
Knowledge beforehand1
- With its prefix pro- , meaning "before", prognosis means basically "knowledge beforehand" of how a situation is likely to turn out. (merriam-webster.com)
Patient2
- For this reason it is vital for the patient to stop drinking alcohol if they want a better prognosis for alcoholic hepatitis. (infobarrel.com)
- Reports on cancer prognosis-related research, including articles on doctor-patient communication and approaches to determine patient prognosis more accurately, among others. (cancer.gov)
Acute1
- The two most common approaches to determining prognosis in acute pancreatitis are use of a clinical scoring system and measurement of specific laboratory tests. (cmaj.ca)
Good8
- Right now, doctors say his prognosis is good. (merriam-webster.com)
- Mediastinal lymphoma also occurs more often in cats with FeLV, so the prognosis is good in this case, either. (vetinfo.com)
- If detected in time, the prognosis for cats with diabetes is good. (vetinfo.com)
- However, if the condition is not reversible, the prognosis is still good. (vetinfo.com)
- Mesothelioma is a very aggressive cancer and Mesothelioma prognosis is not usually very good since it's hard to detect. (infobarrel.com)
- The bottom line is that Mesothelioma prognosis is not very good and usually victims only live about a year after being diagnosed. (infobarrel.com)
- Papillary thyroid cancer is the most common type of thyroid cancer, and also has a good prognosis. (empowher.com)
- While follicular thyroid cancer is a fast-growing type of thyroid cancer, it can have a good prognosis. (empowher.com)
Bleak2
- Prognosis is often used as a general term for predicting the unfolding of events: "The governor said that the prognosis for the state's financial future is bleak. (dictionary.com)
- Bleak prognosis for Syria: Hanania, Tran Syria has always been a multiethnic, multireligious country. (rgj.com)
Researchers2
- Researchers at Lund University have developed a classification system to determine the prognosis for bladder cancer. (eurekalert.org)
- According to researchers, the prognosis of interval breast cancer and cancer detected in the absence of regular mammography are similar . (medindia.net)
Health1
- Taking into account his already ill health , does anyone have any idea what the possible prognosis may be or is he likely to die? (dailystrength.org)
Estimate1
- Your prognosis is an estimate of how your cancer will progress and your chance of recovery. (medlineplus.gov)
Plural1
- Thus, for example, economists are constantly offering prognoses (notice the irregular plural form) about where the economy is going, and climate scientists regularly prognosticate about how quickly the earth's atmosphere is warming. (merriam-webster.com)
Mesothelioma9
- What Is the Prognosis for Pleural Mesothelioma? (mesothelioma.com)
- Heather Von St. James was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in 2005 with an initial prognosis of 15 months. (mesothelioma.com)
- It is not usually found until it is very far along, so the mesothelioma prognosis is usually not for more than another year or so of life. (infobarrel.com)
- There are three kinds of this disease, so knowing which one you have is part of the Mesothelioma prognosis. (infobarrel.com)
- The next step in order to figure out the Mesothelioma prognosis is to know where it is located in the body. (infobarrel.com)
- This form of the cancer has the best Mesothelioma prognosis. (infobarrel.com)
- Mesothelioma prognosis also depends on when this cancer is diagnosed. (infobarrel.com)
- The next step in figuring out Mesothelioma prognosis is to know how far the disease has spread within the body. (infobarrel.com)
- Over ten years ago the Mesothelioma prognosis was nowhere near this high, so this is still an improvement and hopefully in the next few years new medical improvements will come out that will drive that number higher than 10 percent. (infobarrel.com)
Chances1
- If that is indeed the totality of Ware's prognosis, Shaginaw says he's optimistic at the chances for a return to play. (philly.com)
Disease4
- Prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (nih.gov)
- The prognosis of a disease is based on probability, which means that it is likely but not certain that the disorder will follow a particular course. (medlineplus.gov)
- Local and national support and advocacy groups are also excellent resources for information about specific genetic conditions, including disease prognosis. (medlineplus.gov)
- A complete prognosis includes the expected duration, function, and description of the course of the disease, such as progressive decline, intermittent crisis, or sudden, unpredictable crisis. (wikipedia.org)
Metastasis1
- To understand the prognosis for stage 4 breast cancer, it helps to know something about the process of metastasis. (healthline.com)
Cancer9
- But thanks to a new form of chemo for prostate cancer, his prognosis has improved greatly. (merriam-webster.com)
- The chance of recovering from this cancer-called your prognosis-depends greatly on the specific type of leukemia. (healthgrades.com)
- Also, remember that a prognosis can change over time because cancer does not always do what it is expected to do. (cancer.ca)
- The stage of your breast cancer when you're diagnosed plays an important role in your prognosis. (healthline.com)
- Mette Kalager and colleagues conducted a study to assess the prognosis of women with interval breast cancer. (medindia.net)
- They concluded that both non-screened breast cancer females and those with interval breast cancer had almost identical prognosis of breast cancer with no significant variation. (medindia.net)
- The prognosis for medullary thyroid cancer can vary. (empowher.com)
- The National Cancer Institute (NCI) provides an overview of cancer prognosis . (medlineplus.gov)
- A Manchester score is an indicator of prognosis for small-cell lung cancer. (wikipedia.org)
Treatments1
- Knowing the prognosis helps determine whether it makes more sense to attempt certain treatments or to withhold them, and thus plays an important role in end-of-life decisions and advanced care planning. (wikipedia.org)
Physicians2
- Drawing on his experiences as a doctor and sociologist, Nicholas Christakis interviewed scores of physicians and searched dozens of medical textbooks and medical school curricula for discussions of prognosis in an attempt to get to the core of this nebulous medical issue that, despite its importance, is only partially understood and rarely discussed. (uchicago.edu)
- Article that reviews prognosis related communication (PRC) with parents as a collaborative effort with physicians. (merlot.org)
Behavior1
- Nipping a behavior in the bud is crucial when it comes to an aggressive dog's prognosis. (hubpages.com)
Mild1
- When more than one-third of the entire surface of the body is involved, even in a mild degree, the prognosis is grave. (dictionary.com)