«One in five women with ovarian cancer does not undergo surgery, study reveals: Results show survival
benefit of surgery for patients regardless of age or advanced disease, and point to barriers to cancer care delivery.»
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Survival Benefit of Surgery for Patients Regardless of Age or Advanced Disease, and Point to Barriers to Cancer Care Delivery
While not all patients with localized disease are candidates for curative resection, there is an opportunity for educating patients and physicians about the
potential benefits of surgery.»
«In those cases, accurate assessment of the risks and
benefits of surgery becomes critically important, and this study provides indispensable information for patients and treating physicians.
For most patients — including actor Patrick Swayze, who died this week as a result of this aggressive malignancy — abdominal pain, weight loss and jaundice are the disease's first indicators, and their onset usually occurs after the cancer has metastasized, erasing any
possible benefit of surgery.
After examination and testing, the ophthalmologist will assess the risks and
benefits of surgery with the owner to help determine the best decision for the dog.
I said I was going to wait until he showed signs of pain, but the vet said that's not the way to handle it because he'll have arthritis by then and not get the
full benefit of the surgery.
Your doctor will explain the risks and
benefits of the surgery.
Despite
the benefits of surgery for early stage pancreatic cancer, it remains under - utilized for patients with this deadly disease, according to a new national analysis of trends and outcomes.
«However,
the benefit of surgery decreases as BMI increases.
Although surgical excision of tumors remains the standard of care for renal tumors that have not yet spread (localized), the risk of complications in elderly or ill patients may outweigh
the benefits of surgery.
In the meantime, in most cases
the benefit of surgery outweighs any risk, Dr. Warner says.
He wrote the editorial accompanying a landmark study in The Journal of the American Medical Association two years ago suggesting that
the benefits of surgery for back pain are overrated.
So, the upshot is, no compulsory use of my vacation time as I feared (I would have done the surgery anyway had it been required,
the benefit of the surgery was worth the time had I had to use it).
In some cases, it may make sense to take out a loan if
the benefits of the surgery will end up saving you money in the future.
It» s normal to worry about the well - being of your pet, but
the benefits of this surgery far outweigh the minimal risks.
It's become the «responsible» thing to do and we commonly hear of
the benefits of this surgery but rarely the risks.
If cost is an important factor it is much much harder to figure out whether or not
the benefit of surgery justifies spending limited funds available for care of the pet.
Well, there are many ways in which
the benefits of the surgery manifest.
The plaintiff underwent a laparoscopic total hysterectomy and consented to the risks and
benefits of the surgery.
Even these medications did not affect
the benefit of the surgery, the researchers said.