Articles related to "Prognostic"



Gene Expression of Metastatic Breast Cancer
A new molecular approach is used to classify breast cancers and predict which patients have tumors that are likely to become metastatic.
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Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Is Not One Disease
A recent study highlights the importance of considering different subtypes of epithelial ovarian cancer for better clinical management and decision.
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Breast Cancer Screening Enables Better Treatment
Population-based mammography screening has brought about significant changes in our approach to the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.
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Glucose Levels in Diabetes
Evidence indicates that high levels of glucose concentration following a meal and not fasting glucose are critical to diabetes risk assessment
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Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis
In pediatric MS, the onset occurs before age 16; in children, the disease progresses slower than it does in adults although permanent disability occurs at a younger age
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Hospice Referral Criteria, Non-cancer Patients
Most hospices use admission eligibility guidelines from 1996. Today they may not accurately predict survival times of patients with highly treatable non-cancer diagnoses.
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Reye's Syndrome
While the cause of Reye's syndrome is unknown, you should be aware of links to drugs containing salicylates, such as aspirin, that makes it a risk for your children.
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The Polymerase Chain Reaction
This article is an in depth review of the Polymerase Chain Reaction, what it is, its funtion and application.
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Improving Drug Delivery to Tumors
Cancer treatment is often handicapped by poor delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs to the tumors. Using agents to lower tumor interstitial fluid pressure concomitantly with the drugs can improve patient outcome.
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In the News about Breast Cancer
Some studies in the news recently about breast cancer research.
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Is It Delirium or Dementia?
Cognitive impairment arises from a variety of causes. Depending on the underlying condition, treatment and prognosis vary, so proper diagnosis is critical.
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Malignant Melanoma & Lung Cancer Link
Effects of Lung Cancer medical relationship to malignant melanoma and other types of skin cancer. Effects of smoking medical study links nicotine to pancreatic cancer.
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Recent Research - Another Glimpse!
Research, clinical trials and media releases about breast cancer breakthroughs.
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Research Topics
Innovative studies in breast cancer research.
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Dermatomyositis
This article describes the signs, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of dermatomyositis, one of the most common of the autoimmune inflammatory muscle disorders.
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Inhibition of Telomerase:Is it Promising for Cancer Therapy?
The enzyme telomerase has been found to be active in almost 90% of all cancers. This article describes how telomerase permits cancer cells to continue to divide and multiply, and efforts to develop telomerase inhibitors that promise to halt its progress.
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PBC Update
This article describes the autoimmune liver disease primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC)including a description of the four disease stages, risk factors for and symptoms of PBC, diagnostic tests and treatment options.
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Various (some preventable) symptoms and complications and their initial presentation in patients with lupus are associated with different degrees of mortality.
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The Soul of a New Novelist
Sometimes a person just has to ignore excuses and what others think and "just do it." With that in mind the author relates some experiences he has as he wrote a 50,000 word novel during the month of November, 2002 as part of National Novel Writing Month.
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Single Umbilical Artery Problems
In normal development, the umbilical cord has two arteries and one vein. In cases of single umbilical artery, one of these fetal blood vessels is missing.
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In Defense of Psychoanalysis - Part III
Psychological theories of the mind are metaphors of the mind. They are fables and myths, narratives, stories, hypotheses, conjunctures. They play (exceedingly) important roles in the psychotherapeutic setting – but not in the laboratory.
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Common Back Problems in the Standarbred Race Horse
Problems which plague Standardbred races horses, and the various forms of therapy used by vets and trainers to combat these problems, including magnetic therapy and acupuncture.
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