EP-1265 IS LIFE EXPECTANCY A FACTOR TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE THERAPEUTIC DECISION OF BONE METASTASES? - Radiotherapy and Oncologydoi:10.1016/S0167-8140(12)71598-0Jimenez, R.Foro, P.Becerra, N.Caballero, S.Prieto, M.Lopez, C.Anton, N....
A number of patients hang on, hoping to be at a family event such as the wedding of a child or the birth of a grandchild. Others want to stick around as long as possible so as not to leave their partner behind or in order to watch their children grow. A 72-year old patient with ...
This study investigates how life expectancy is influenced by CO2 emissions, health spending, GDP, water usage, agricultural output, and renewable and non-renewable energy consumption within the Aral Sea basin, which is an environmentally catastrophic zone in the world. This research utilized data from...
Hello, folks. My mother has been diagnosed with colon cancer. I think that she has no metastases, but I know that this cancer is extremely serious. I would like to find out something more about the life expectancy for this type of cancer. Can anyone provide me with more info? Thanks. ...
The author used standard methods for the analysis of retrospective cohort studies, to investigate survival and life expectancy at age 25 years and older in 1,282 European noblemen who had been members of the Knighthood Order of the Golden Fleece between its foundation in 1430 and the early 1960...
Conclusions: Pain responded in about one third of patients diagnosed with MSCC and short life expectancy. When considering radiotherapy, single fractions should be preferred. EP-1291 Short course accelerated radiation therapy (SHARON) for complicated bone metastases: results of a phase ii study L. ...
Metastases were present in 94% of patients, brain (36%), bone (24%) and lung (18%). In 91%, KPS was <50%. KPS, lactate dehydrogenase, dyspnea, leucocytosis, and brain metastases conveyed a poor prognosis. From 85 survival estimates, only 16% were correct, but 21% expected more ...
Average human life expectancy has progressively increased over many decades largely due to improvements in nutrition, vaccination, antimicrobial agents, and effective treatment/prevention of cardiovascular disease, cancer, etc. Maximal life span, in contrast, has changed very little. Caloric restriction (...
Effectiveness of hypofractionated radiotherapy in painful bone metastases. Two prospective studies with 1 x 4 Gy and 4 x 4 Gy. regarding the adequacy of low-dose short radiation schedules for long-term pain control which give maximum benefit in patients with a short life expectancy... M Bremer...
[43] showed the rate has doubled in Sweden over the past two decades. This dramatic change in brain metastases is largely attributed to advancements in primary cancer care, including better early detection and frontline therapies which lead to longer initial survival and a greater rate of death ...