News articles tagged with 'survival' (Page 32)
Combined radiation seed, chemotherapy wafer implants show promise in treating brain tumours
— 18 Jan 2008 09:50 | HealthIn the battle against malignant brain tumours, dual implantation of radioactive seeds and chemotherapy wafers following surgery showed promising results in a study led by specialists…
People with dementia survive on average 4 and a half years after diagnosis
— 13 Jan 2008 19:32 | HealthPeople with dementia survive an average of four and a half years after diagnosis, with age, sex, and existing disability all having an influence on life expectancy, finds a study published…
New statistical technique shows more informative picture of survival
— 10 Jan 2008 16:07 | HealthResearchers have developed a new method for presenting clinical trial survival data that includes data from all trial participants unlike the standard method, according to a commentary…
Docetaxel given after doxorubicin reduces recurrence
— 10 Jan 2008 14:57 | HealthAdding the drug docetaxel to anthracycline-based chemotherapy slightly improved disease-free survival in breast cancer patients, according to a randomised clinical trial published online…
For hospital patients, defibrillation delays mean low survival
— 3 Jan 2008 17:34 | HealthAn estimated 750,000 hospitalised patients experience cardiac arrest and undergo CPR annually, and less than 30 percent of those leave the hospital alive. In a paper published in the…