Sentences with phrase «despite aggressive therapy»

Despite aggressive therapy with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, long - term survival for HGG patients remains less than 20 percent.

Most patients die within a few years of diagnosis, despite aggressive therapy.

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Conventional therapy for glaucoma focuses on lowering the eye pressure, but this can be challenging in some while others worsen despite aggressive pressure - lowering.

Despite marked advances in breast cancer therapy, basal - like breast cancer (BBC), an aggressive subtype of breast cancer usually lacking estrogen and progesterone receptors, remains difficult to treat.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Although men with prostate cancer usually respond to standard treatment with hormone therapy or chemotherapy, many will eventually experience progression or recurrence despite treatment — particularly those with high - risk or aggressive forms of the disease.

Despite medical therapy and aggressive nursing care at home, Polo's quality of life continued to deteriorate, and Polo was euthanized two months after his initial episode.

Despite the severity and scariness of any cancer diagnosis, some dogs with nasal adenocarcinoma can be well - managed with timely detection and aggressive therapy and may live happily for months or even years.

Despite the fact that their frightening appearance has given them a very bad reputation, Dobermans are not aggressive and they can even make great therapy dogs.

Panleukopenia can have a high mortality rate despite early or aggressive therapy.

Some of the dogs haven't survived despite the appropriate and aggressive therapy.