Articles related to "Prognostic"

A new molecular approach is used to classify breast cancers and predict which patients have tumors that are likely to become metastatic.

A recent study highlights the importance of considering different subtypes of epithelial ovarian cancer for better clinical management and decision.

Population-based mammography screening has brought about significant changes in our approach to the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.

Evidence indicates that high levels of glucose concentration following a meal and not fasting glucose are critical to diabetes risk assessment

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

Most hospices use admission eligibility guidelines from 1996. Today they may not accurately predict survival times of patients with highly treatable non-cancer diagnoses.

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.

This article is an in depth review of the Polymerase Chain Reaction, what it is, its funtion and application.

Cognitive impairment arises from a variety of causes. Depending on the underlying condition, treatment and prognosis vary, so proper diagnosis is critical.

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.

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.

This article describes the signs, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of dermatomyositis, one of the most common of the autoimmune inflammatory muscle disorders.

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.

Various (some preventable) symptoms and complications and their initial presentation in patients with lupus are associated with different degrees of mortality.