Sentences with phrase «advanced stage diagnosis»

Possible reasons for advanced stage diagnosis among minorities may include lower screening rates, lower income levels, and reduced access to education and health care.

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Since the late 1990s, San Francisco Bay Area has consistently had the lowest percentage of advanced - stage diagnoses for prostate cancer.

For each of these cancer sites, the researchers calculated important regional and county differences in advanced stage of diagnosis, which takes into account the growth and size of the tumor and whether it has spread to the lymph nodes or other organs.

The EEG created a set of recommendations in 2011 to help practitioners identify early versus advanced stages of PPID, and their new recommendations adjust and refine testing procedures for a more thorough and accurate approach to diagnosis.

The high mortality rate is mainly due to late diagnosis of the disease, when it is already in an advanced stage.

DENVER — Capturing and summarizing the remarkable progress in lung cancer prevention, diagnosis, staging, and treatment in 2015, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) announces the inaugural publication of «Scientific Advances in Lung Cancer 2015» in the May 2016 issue of the IASLC's Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO).

The presentations focused on advances in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of genetic conditions during all stages of life, from prenatal conditions to Alzheimer Disease.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide, suffering from a late stage of disease at the time of diagnosis and a paucity of effective therapeutic strategies to treat advanced tumours.

The Melanoma / Skin Cancer Program provides expert diagnosis and staging using advanced imaging technologies and research - based molecular testing including:

As St. Ange discovered during her online search, 52 % of non-Hispanic black patients and 26 % of Hispanic patients receive an initial diagnosis of advanced stage melanoma, versus 16 % of non-Hispanic white patients, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation.

Physical exams and X-rays are most commonly used to make a tentative diagnosis of bone cancer, as most pets will present at an advanced stage with swelling and tenderness of the underlying bone, as well as having characteristic destructive bone changes apparent on X-rays.

While early stages of PRA may be more difficult to diagnose, most dogs with PRA that are presented for vision loss already have advanced disease and the diagnosis can be made easily at an exam by an experienced veterinary ophthalmologist using indirect ophthalmoscopy.

HCM can remain undetected in some cats until the advanced stages, and the time between diagnosis and death can be a matter of weeks or months

Our Cardiology Service cares for veterinary patients from the earliest detection and diagnosis of heart disease (including screening apparently healthy pets for the presence of heart disease) through the advanced stages of heart failure.

Oncology / Radiation Therapy: Our board - certified Oncologists utilize advanced diagnostic technologies including ultrasound, rhinoscopy, fluoroscopy, and ultrasound - guided biopsies and MRIs to facilitate accurate diagnosis, disease staging and prognosis.

Unfortunately, many do not survive due to the advanced stage of the disease at the time of diagnosis.