Sentences with phrase «curative treatment in»
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«In treatment villages, Living Goods and BRAC Community Health Promoters conducting home visits, educating households on essential health behaviors and selling preventive and curative health products at 20 - 30 % below prevailing retail prices were deployed over a three - year period (2011 - 2013).»
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Virgin Argon Oil has amazing healing and curative properties, highly beneficial in the treatment of exzema, psoriasis and acne.
«This is a win - win - win for patients, payers, and employers,» Bekelman said, «The field of radiation oncology should be recognized for technical advances in clinical care that have achieved safe, effective, curative treatment for prostate cancer in fewer weeks.»
«But with re-irradiation, our study shows that maybe we can give a curative intent treatment that we couldn't do in the past.
This study represents a significant step towards the development of clinical trials in gene therapy for the curative treatment of hereditary deafness and balance loss in humans.
If hypofractionated radiation with curative intent can reduce the treatment time for lung cancer patients by half with no greater toxicity, and with equivalent — if not better — tumor control and survival outcomes, this research could result in a change in the paradigm of how a large subset of locally advanced NSCLC patients are treated.»
Ibrutinib is a well - tolerated, oral drug that improves symptoms and survival in high - risk CLL patients, but is not curative and requires continuous treatment for life.
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.
Presenting these results at the 3rd ESTRO Forum in Barcelona, Spain, today (Monday) Professor James Morris, from the Department of Radiation Oncology, Vancouver Cancer Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA), Vancouver, Canada, will say that the ASCENDE - RT1 trial is the first and only existing trial comparing low - dose - rate prostate brachytherapy (LDR - PB) for the curative treatment of prostate cancer with any other method of radiation therapy delivery.
Despite improvements in the past few decades with surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy, a predictably curative treatment for glioma does not yet exist.
«In the meantime, ASCENDE - RT has made an important contribution to the search for a more effective curative treatment for prostate cancer,» he will conclude.
Pancreatic cancer, the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States, is often diagnosed at a late stage, when curative treatment is no longer possible.
The treatment has been generally well tolerated, with few side effects and, in some cases, has proved curative.
It heralds a new era of curative treatment for patients with hepatitis C. Similar drugs that work equally well for all genotypes are now in the final stages of clinical development.
Despite ongoing research effort and improved knowledge about the disease, there is currently no effective preventive or curative treatment for AD, which could result in a public health crisis given the continuous aging of populations worldwide.
Dr Miriyala said: «Outcomes were not evaluated in our study but it is common knowledge that treatment with palliative intent leads to inferior outcomes compared to that with curative intent.
«Five - year survival data: Brentuximab vedotin may be curative in some with Hodgkin lymphoma: Phase II trial suggests therapy should be standard of care for patients facing relapsed or treatment - resistant Hodgkin lymphoma.»
It is provided in conjunction with all other appropriate medical treatments, including curative and life - prolonging therapies.
«Our current treatments may often be curative, but there can be a huge price to pay in late effects.»
These new technologies, most of which are in early stages of development, hold significant promise for transformative and potentially curative treatments for some of humanity's most troubling and intractable maladies.
His key investments in regenerative medicine technologies have laid the groundwork for novel approaches to treatments aimed at generating not merely palliative but actual curative and restorative therapies.
Treatment of pediatric Ph + ALL with a combination of standard chemotherapy and RTK inhibitors may result in remission, [citation needed] but the curative potential is unknown.
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the leading cause of leukemia mortality in the United States.1 Curative treatment involves intensive induction chemotherapy, before proceeding to either consolidation chemotherapy or allogeneic stem cell transplantation based on the patient's risk for relapse.2 This approach has been employed for > 4 decades and, although most individuals achieve complete remissions with front - line therapy, 3 the majority of patients ultimately relapse with drug - resistant disease, and overall survival rates remain disappointingly poor.4 The limited ability of many patients to tolerate the intense chemotherapy - based treatments, in particular hematological toxicity, further contributes to the poor outcomes noted in this disease.
A drug which targets insulin signalling appears to restore insulin sensitivity in mice Type 2 diabetes is a massive burden on healthcare systems around the world, and while current treatments are able to manage many aspects of the condition, they are not curative.
Although these curative interventions have often been associated with treatment of psychological trauma, object loss, and inner conflict, they may also be useful in the -LSB-...]
Because it causes severe disease in people, and treatment of dogs is not curative, euthanasia may be performed
In early cases, this treatment may be curative.
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It is considered safe and completely curative with a one time treatment in 96 to 98 % of cats.
A single injection of radioactive iodine is curative in around 95 per cent of all hyperthyroid cats, but following treatment occasional blood tests are recommended to ensure normal thyroid hormone levels are being maintained.
It has the advantage of being curative in most cases with no ongoing treatment.
Treatment, which usually necessitates filing the teeth under anesthesia, is usually curative if done in time.
Canine osteosarcoma is the most frequent malignant disease in large dogs, with over 8000 cases in the United States annually, and there is no curative treatment.
If the disease is suspected or diagnosed, treatment with antibiotics is curative in most cases.
Intervention with an early, well - designed therapy strategy allows many cats to enjoy an extended lifespan with an acceptable quality of life, and in some cases, cancer treatment in cats can be curative.
«When I was diagnosed, there was no conventional treatment considered curative... I was told to get my affairs in order,» said Paul, according to the website.
One query regarding the exclusions in personal accident policy — few policies mention — any accidents as result of curative treatments will not be covered by the policy.
The EHCs were established in 1998 to provide comprehensive primary healthcare services, including health assessment, physical check - up and curative treatment, to persons aged 65 years or above.