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The modified Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS) is a good predictor of...
The mGPS is useful for predicting survival after surgical decompression due to gastrointestinal obstruction in patients with unresectable pancreatic and biliary cancers. Patients with a poor mGPS may...
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Access : Inconsistencies in methodologies of calculating expectation of life...
Shavelle et al.1 recently wrote to Spinal Cord with a re-calculation of the life expectancies in the paper of the current authors (Middleton et al.2). via Access : Inconsistencies in methodologies of...
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Women with cervical cancer are younger and appear to suffer more severe symptoms of late bowel toxicity, whereas women treated for endometrial cancer suffer milder more chronic disease. The impact of...
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Weight loss both before and during radiotherapy are important prognostic indicators for 5-year DSS in HNC patients. Randomised studies into the prognostic effect of nutritional intervention are needed....
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The Median Informs the Message: Accuracy of Individualized Scenarios for...
Conclusion Oncologists’ estimates of survival time were relatively well-calibrated, moderately discriminative, independently associated with observed survival, and a reasonable basis for estimating...
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Leukemia – Survival and prognosis among 1545 patients with contemporary...
Considering patients from the center with the most mature follow-up information (n=337 with 44% of patients followed to death), median survival (14.1 years) was significantly worse than that of the...
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The Dangers of Loneliness: Findings from a Study among Appalachian Elders |...
Writing for AJN in 1955, Hildegard Peplau described the complexities of loneliness, observing that “often loneliness is not felt; instead the person has a feeling of unexplained dread, of desperation,...
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Phase Angle, Frailty and Mortality in Older Adults – Online First – Springer
Narrow phase angle is associated with frailty and mortality independent of age and comorbidity. via Phase Angle, Frailty and Mortality in Older Adults – Online First – Springer.Filed under:...
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Access : The 22|[sol]|11 Risk Prediction Model: A Validated Model for...
In cirrhotic patients with SBP receiving standard therapy, MELD score ≥22 and peripheral blood leukocyte count ≥11×109 cells/l are validated independent predictors of mortality. The mortality in a...
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Effects of Chemotherapy on Survival of Elderly Patients with… : Journal of...
Statistically significant differences in the receipt of chemotherapy exist among elderly patients with SCLC. Chemotherapy is associated with a greater than 6-month improvement in median survival among...
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