Sentences with phrase «burden at diagnosis»

Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of metabolic tumor burden at diagnosis and after induction therapy can help identify patients most at risk of follicular lymphoma (FL) recurrence, but more work is needed to differentiate high - risk and moderate - risk patients, suggested findings from a pooled analysis of data from three prospective clinical trials, published in Blood.

Pooled data show PET imaging of metabolic tumor burden at diagnosis helps identify patients most at risk of FL recurrence.

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The authors conclude, «Unvalidated guidelines to prevent neuroimaging in patients with headaches may reduce the perceived global economic burden at the expense of medical errors, delayed diagnoses, and inferior outcomes for patients with brain tumor.»

Dr. Jadcherla and his collaborators at Nationwide Children's are now working to develop methods to optimize the diagnosis and management of gastroesophageal reflux disease, dysphagia and feeding intolerance in order to improve overall growth and development in premature infants while also lowering the economic burden of care.

«Understanding HCV disease progression rates among people who inject drugs (PWID) is important to setting policy to expand access to detection, diagnosis and treatment, and in forecasting the burden of disease,» said Holly Hagan, PhD, the principal investigator for the HCV Synthesis Project, who also is a professor at New York University College of Nursing (NYUCN) and co-director at CDUHR.

A test based on the genetic make - up of the Barrett's lesions could benefit patients through improved diagnosis, giving people at high risk of cancer the best care, and reducing the burden of endoscopy for those at low risk.

Unlike currently used statistical methods that count health conditions once at diagnosis, cumulative burden tracks individuals» multiple, recurring treatment - related health conditions.

The findings of this study have important implications for public health, as it shows that sunbed use increases the burden of melanoma in societies by both increasing the number of patients and decreasing the age at diagnosis.

Sunbed use increases the burden of melanoma in societies by both increasing the number of patients and decreasing the age at diagnosis.

At Project Purple, we understand the financial burden a cancer diagnosis can often be for patients and their families.

The important thing to know is that diagnosis of parasitic worms and other parasites in cats at home is only rarely possible, and if you see tapeworm segments or roundworms, usually this indicates the presence of a heavy worm burden.

Attention - deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects 3 % — 5 % of children and young people under 18 years old.1 The core symptoms include inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity leading to significant impairments in academic and social function and increased risk of substance misuse, unemployment, criminality and mental health problems.2 3 Early treatment is crucial to improve symptoms and reduce the burden on the family and wider social and healthcare systems.4 With the increasing rates of diagnosis of ADHD, spending on ADHD medication has increased sevenfold between 1998 and 2005,5 and expenditure on medication treatment costs in the UK is now estimated at # 78 million per year.5 6 This has placed increasing financial burden on health services and highlighted the need for more efficient and cost - effective services to diagnose and treat the condition.