Although mastectomy is the standard treatment modality for breast cancer patients in Ethiopia, our previous study revealed that one in five patients do not receive the recommended procedure, half due to patient refusal or lack of returning to the hospita
Health policies regarding the treatment of prostate cancer should be re-examined to provide greater patient choice after a study found men in New South Wales aged 45 years or more with prostate cancer were twice as likely to undergo radical prostatectomy as external beam radiotherapy, and few had...
BACKGROUND Patients covered by Medicaid insurance appear to have poorer cancer outcomes. Herein, the authors sought to test whether Medicaid was associated with worse outcomes among patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). METHODS The records of 1698 patients with squamous cell HNC without distant...
Lastly, I would like to dedicate my dissertation to my parents: Mom, I am grateful that God has blessed us with so many years together despite your challenges with cancer and diabetes! I pray that you never suffer from the complications of this disease and continue to be a strong, ...
What factors affect the costs of cancer drugs? What are the advantages and disadvantages of awarding patents? What are the pros and cons economically of providing free tuition to medical students? What are the advantages of a flat tax system? a. How much is the Affordable Care Act ex...
GPs also felt that the path that patients followed to surgery circumscribed their role in preoperative work-up; once referred to the urologist for definitive diagnosis of localised prostate cancer, patients often did not re-present to the GP until after radical prostatectomy. Thus, without ...
Together with physical activity, your diet plan will be able to enable you to achieve and keep a healthy weight, lower your risk of chronic diseases (such as heart disease and cancer), and also boost your general wellbeing. The Effect of Nutrition on Your Wellness Unhealthy eating habits ...
." We had to take my baby daughter Nusayba, who was named after a warrior princess, to the hospital because she found a bump on the stomach. We got back the results, and there were bumps all around her liver. Today, this morning, we found out that she has stage IV liver cancer....
Analyses on associations with health service and medication use were stratified by report of physical co-morbidities in the baseline interview “Have you ever been told by a doctor (been diagnosed) that you have: cancer, angina, stroke, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, asthma, diabetes, chronic...
In the United States, 88 percent of women are paid nothing in the weeks they take off after having a child.