Sentences with phrase «from first line treatment»

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Tricyclics may also cause troublesome effects, and that is why doctors shy away from using them as a first - line treatment.

The results from the Cancer Research UK - funded STAMPEDE trial could change the standard of care for men with prostate cancer, making abiraterone a first - line treatment alongside hormone therapy.

New findings from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), confirm dihydroartemisinin - piperaquine, the first - line treatment for Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in Cambodia, has failed in certain provinces due to parasite resistance to artemisinin and piperaquine.

It is estimated that up to 10,000 Australians with severe depression and who have not responded to first line treatments, such as medication, could benefit from the new treatment.

According to Dr. Hsu, nonsurgical therapy should be the first - line treatment in all athletes with lower back conditions because successful recovery rates from rehabilitation protocols are high.

Current treatment options for patients, aside from watchful waiting, include chemotherapy and rituximab, which was approved for first - line follicular lymphoma in 2006.

Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators have shown that the parasites developed multidrug resistance to first - line treatments extremely rapidly.

Perhaps most promising are results from a combination treatment using both ipilimumab and nivolumab, which the FDA approved in 2015 for previously untreated (first - line) unresectable or metastatic melanoma for patients without a BRAF mutation.

To investigate changes in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) immunological profile after treatment switch from first - line injectables to rituximab in patients with relapsing - remitting MS (RRMS), and to compare the profile in MS patients with healthy controls (HC).

The 10 - year survival rate in subjects receiving first - line treatment with imatinib ranged from 64.4 % to 84.4 %.

Led by Leena Gandhi, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine and director of thoracic medical oncology, researchers from the KEYNOTE - 021 study demonstrated for the first time that combining an immune checkpoint inhibitor — in this case, pembrolizumab — with a platinum - doublet chemotherapy regimen might be more effective than chemotherapy alone as first - line treatment for advanced, non-squamous NSCLC.

Patients treated with immunotherapy first still derived some benefit from BRAF - inhibitor treatment in the second - line setting.

Birth control pills have long been demonstrated as a first - line treatment option for women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) who suffer from painful or irregular or absent periods.Some women may take Oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) to help lower androgen levels and improve unwanted dermatological symptoms.

More significantly, these measures are used in the IAPT initiative, a major roll - out project in England that supports the NHS in implementing National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines for people suffering from depression and anxiety disorders by offering a realistic and routine first - line treatment.