Sentences with phrase «few years of diagnosis»

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

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In 2013, a few years after returning from the war, the forty - four year old was diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma, a diagnosis that the vice president said his entire family «knew was the equivalent of a death sentence.»

It's not surprising that the people who create movies are as affected by the racism, sexual abuse and violence that has pockmarked the news for the past few years as the rest of us, but Hollywood is only offering a diagnosis here.

One part of the foolishness of the recent debates about Rand is the idea that agreeing with Rand's prediction and diagnoses in «Atlas Shrugged» — the accuracy of which has been demonstrated in the last few years to a nicety — somehow magically commits one to agreement with her total philosophy.

I have watched some of my best friends lose their parents or loved ones unexpectedly in the last few years or survive horrible medical diagnoses or accidents that it really does make me grateful for the life that I do have.

Shauna — you have inspired me to enjoy the art of baking and cooking ever since my Celiac Disease diagnosis a few years ago.

While most doctors readily admit that there's lots of room for improvement in the detection and diagnosis of food allergies and sensitivities, we've come a long way in the past few years.

Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 % in incidence rate in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in developed countries, ranking second among children aged 1 to 14 years in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death in the last few years in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable diseases are declining.2

Believe it or not, this is a HUGE improvement over the survival statistics of just a few years ago — when only 1 - 2 % could expect to be alive five years after diagnosis.

Within the subgroup of studies which specifically focused on social support, they found that 14 studies showed no association between marital or partner status and depressive symptoms or diagnosis whilst 13 studies showed that women who were married or cohabiting with the baby's father had fewer depressive symptoms or a lower risk of postpartum depression compared to women separated from their partner or not in a relationship during the first postpartum year.

This is good news for Labour supporters, who may need a lot more of it over the next few years if Winston's diagnosis is correct.

According to the report's estimates, the restricted permission it advocates would result in just a few hundred cases of preimplantation genetic diagnosis each year — and would not open the floodgates as some critics have claimed.

Many sufferers die within a few months of diagnosis, and just six in every 100 patients with the condition are alive after five years.

«In the last few months, we've diagnosed several people with the disease years before the diagnosis is typically made, which has changed how we do medicine in our nerve clinic,» says Michael Polydefkis, M.D., professor of neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and senior author on the study.

At two years, seven per cent of the children had an epilepsy diagnosis, however, far fewer, only two per cent, were on regular antiepileptic drugs.

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.

Fewer than 10 per cent of lung cancer patients survive the disease beyond five years after diagnosis.

In a special report called «The Copenhagen Diagnosis», the 26 researchers, most of whom are authors of published IPCC reports, conclude that several important aspects of climate change are occurring at the high end or even beyond the expectations of only a few years ago.

In the case of IPF, which has been linked to smoking, most patients live for fewer than five years after diagnosis.

In the few months after her diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in early 2007, Virginia Shreve, a 51 - year - old school social worker in Lynchburg, Va., wanted to follow the regimen of sensible eating and exercise that her doctor recommended.

At the time of diagnosis and during different time periods over the past few years I've had test results show that during part of my cycle my estrogen is almost non existent and then it flip flops and my progesterone becomes non existent.

«Breathe» is a romantic biopic based on the life of the real Robin Cavendish - a man who did extraordinary things with a diagnosis that would have killed most people within a few years - and his fiercely faithful wife Diana who nursed and encouraged him.

Finally, underwriters will need to know if other underlying conditions are present, such as a diagnosis of depression which could raise a red flag and lead a denial of your application or approval with only limited benefits during the first few years your policy is in place.

Plagued by a series of physical and mental ailments over the last few years, the sweet Schnauzer's vibrant personality faded gradually and culminated in his dementia diagnosis early this year.

The diagnosis of leptospirosis in dogs has increased in the Chicago area over the past few years due to increasing prevalence of the leptospira bacteria in the environment as well as increasing vigilance in the veterinary community.

In the last few years, shelter medicine has led the way in advances in the diagnosis and management of parvovirus infections.

Over the last few years, breeders have contacted me regarding inconsistencies in the diagnosis of progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) during CERF exams.

Cats may survive any length of time, from a few weeks to longer than a year, after diagnosis.

We have also found a few other golden retrievers to be genetically affected through OptiGen testing, however all of these dogs are still less than 3 years old and therefore below an age where clinical diagnosis is likely to be observed.

Barbara had called a few insurance agencies before calling us, but due to her recent diagnosis of breast cancer, her only option was to purchase a «guaranteed approval» life insurance policy with a 2 - year waiting period.

Strengths of this study include the use of a large population - based sample linked with longitudinal administrative health data, the use of a prospective design, the consideration of a variety of potential confounders including coinciding health behaviours, socio - demographic factors and self - esteem, the use of health care provider diagnoses for internalizing disorders which provides an objective and clinically meaningful assessment of internalizing disorders, and lastly, the fact that we monitored the outcome of interest for a period of 8 years, which is longer than in the few other studies.