Sentences with phrase «average survival time»

Chondrosarcomas of the limbs may be cured by amputation, with average survival time of almost two years.

Early results indicate it can essentially double average survival time for those patients, Ghamande said.

These same patients also had significantly longer average survival times (36 months) compared to patients with high ERCC1 levels (10 months).

The feline leukemia status: Cats that test positive for FeLV or FIV have a lower rate of response to therapy, as well as a shorter average survival time when treated.

Dogs that have multiple nodules have a 12 month average survival time.

However, dogs with recurrence had average survival times of only 28 days post-surgery.

I can't recall seeing a study that gave a median or average survival time for this condition but my impression is that you are basically correct in your assessment of the how well steroids work.

Similarly, 29 patients had low TS levels and significantly longer average survival times (36 months) than patients with high TS levels (15 months).

Glioblastoma is the most aggressive type of tumor that originates in the brain and with no curative treatments currently available, the average survival time for patients ranges from 15 to 18 months.

Usually, treatment would require whole - brain radiation which is extremely toxic and the average survival time is just 3 - 6 months from diagnosis, with fewer than 20 per cent of patients surviving more than one year.

THE virus that helped eradicate smallpox is now working its magic on liver cancer, trebling the average survival time of some people with the disease.

Other protocols include chemotherapy given once every 2 or 3 weeks (either oral or IV), although remission rates and average survival times may be decreased.

Cats with lymphoma who are not treated with chemotherapy have an average survival time of 4 weeks once the diagnosis has been made.

The most common form of lymphoma seen in dogs progresses rapidly and if untreated, the average survival time is about two months.

The average survival time for a dog with Cushing's disease is about two years, but this statistic does not mean that Cushing's causes death.

These cats show an average survival time of 9 - 12 months, with the initial response to treatment often giving an indication of survival time.

Mediastinal lymphoma in cats with feline leukemia carries a poor prognosis, with an average survival time of 3 months.

Unfortunately, the average survival time even with treatment is only one year, and most dogs succumb to the disease within two years.

One study shows the average survival time of dogs with enlarged heart is anywhere from 6 months to 12 months, with very few cases where a dog survives 1.5 years (source).

After removal of the spleen, the average survival time is about three months.

The average survival time with chemotherapy is 3.5 months for virus positive cats and 5 months for non-viral infected cats.

In one study of dogs that had anamputation for a histiocytic sarcoma affecting a joint, the average survival time was six months.

Another study showed an average survival time of 391 days, for dogs with tumors located in a joint.

If the tumor was not in a joint, the average survival time was 128 days.

If a dog has a single colrectal carcinoma the average survival time is 32 months.

Dogs receiving amputation alone (no chemotherapy) have average survival time of 3 - 5 months1.