However, dogs with recurrence had
average survival times of only 28 days post-surgery.
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.
Cats with lymphoma who are not treated with chemotherapy have
an average survival time of 4 weeks once the diagnosis has been made.
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.
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).
Another study showed
an average survival time of 391 days, for dogs with tumors located in a joint.
Dogs receiving amputation alone (no chemotherapy) have
average survival time of 3 - 5 months1.
Those who were tracked that had the surgery between 2005 and 2013 had
an average survival time of 35 months.
Not exact matches
As a point
of comparison, the
average person is only willing to pay a dollar to avoid a one in ten million chance
of death, so assuming you value your
survival over the outcome
of the Presidential election, the von Neumann - Morgenstern rationality axioms state that it's irrational to vote if it costs more than a dollar to do so (for instance in terms
of gas costs and the cost
of your
time).
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.
Patients younger than 65 years, had
average progression - free
survival times of 11.7 months (combination), 5.5 months (nivolumab) and 2.8 months (ipilimumab), while the 262 patients aged between 65 and 75 had
average progression - free
survival times of 11.1 months, 12.7 months and 2.9 months respectively.
When the researchers looked at progression - free
survival times among patients with and without the V600 type
of mutation
of the BRAF gene, the
average for patients taking both drugs without the mutation was 11.2 months, and it was 11.7 months for those with the mutation.
The
average progression - free
survival — the
time from randomization to the first evidence
of metastasis — was 40.5 months for participants receiving apalutamide, compared with 16.2 months for those taking a placebo.
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.
The most common form
of lymphoma seen in dogs progresses rapidly and if untreated, the
average survival time is about two months.
For those dogs that have the most common type (external lymph nodes enlargement), the
average remission
time is usually around 8 - 10 months with an overall
survival time of about 1 year.
Only a few studies have evaluated treatment
of this disease, and the most successful treatment (to date) that we know
of involves a relatively invasive surgery to remove the sac around the heart followed by a course
of chemotherapy, leading to
survival times averaging about 6 months.
After removal
of the spleen, the
average survival time is about three months.
In one study
of dogs that had anamputation for a histiocytic sarcoma affecting a joint, the
average survival time was six months.
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.
While that
survival instinct might seem pretty straightforward, Legagneux soon discovered that birds were doing more than just responding to an approaching object — they were actually anticipating its arrival
time considering the
average speed
of cars that pass by there.