Sentences with phrase «months after the first treatment»

Ten of the volunteers, all of whom were expected to die within a few months, remain alive 6 to 24 months after the first treatment.

Not exact matches

He also points to the «outcomes - based» pricing model that the company will be instituting alongside the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)-- Novartis will only receive reimbursements for Kymriah if patients respond to it after the first month of treatment.

Eleven months after her first chemotherapy treatments ended, doctors discovered that the cancer had spread.

Are things finally taking a turn for the good for Arsenal after enduring the first six months of the season with half their first team players on the treatment table?

The revelation that the mayor's supporter was released after perhaps receiving special treatment is helping spawn what could be his first political scandal, just over a month after taking office.

One of his patients, Ana Placencia of Temple, Texas, waited seven months to seek treatment after first experiencing muffled hearing in her left ear.

According to Dr Emberson, «Although alteplase increased the risk of death from intracranial haemorrhage by about 2 % within the first few days after stroke, by a few months survivors treated with alteplase were less likely to be disabled than those not receiving such treatment.

While in only the first months after treatment for tumors involving both vocal cords, the youth's voice has returned to near normal for a young man of his age.

The timing for the assessment at 3 months is optimal because the first weeks after the prescription is given is the critical period of primary non-adherence, when patients are most likely to have discontinued treatment.

«The results imply that clinicians should evaluate ILI patients after the first two months and make a determination about the trajectory of the patient's treatment.

These secondary analyses conducted by Unick and colleagues published in the July issue of Obesity, the scientific journal of The Obesity Society examined the association between initial weight loss (first two months of treatment) and long - term weight loss (eight years after initial treatment).

«This is the first study of its kind to show that if patients enrolled in intensive lifestyle intervention treatments aren't successful in losing weight after the first two months of treatment, they aren't likely to be successful using this approach alone long - term,» said lead author Jessica L. Unick, PhD, of the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, RI.

After the two - month control, they were given the same HBOT treatment as the first group and experienced the same relief, according to the researchers.

Approximately four months after treatment, five of the patients enrolled in the St. Jude clinical trial had immune systems for the first time.

All volunteers received standard comprehensive smoking cessation treatment, including one - hour behavioral counseling sessions once a week, beginning two weeks before their quit date and lasting until four weeks after, and nicotine patches for the first month after quitting.

During the study, the researchers tracked the pre-and-post treatment diets and ultimate health outcomes of more than 400 cancer patients for an average of 26 months after they were first diagnosed and treated for squamous - cell carcinoma of the head or neck.

Advanced Cancers Destined to Return After Single Drug Therapies Targeted cancer cell therapies using man - made proteins dramatically shrink many tumors in the first few months of treatment, but new research from Johns Hopkins scientists finds why the cells all too often become resistant, the treatment stops working, and the disease returns.

Results suggest that while arterial stiffness may increase initially on the ketogenic diet (19), the changes in arterial function observed within the first year of treatment are not significant after 24 months and appear to be reversible (20).

After the first injection, a second dose is given three weeks later, followed by additional doses every two weeks for at least six months, until there are no remaining tumors to treat or other treatment is required, the FDA said in a news release.

... I went to a [local] hospital first and then after a week I got more ill and went to the hospital on the Burundi base (AMISOM), but didn't get treatment... I went to NGO service provider at the end of Ramadan a month later so it was too late for [preventative medical treatment].

After Cooper's first round of chemotherapy treatments the mass began to recede, and within two months it had nearly disappeared.

The Companion Animal Parasite Council, an independent group established to create parasite - control guidelines, recommends treating dogs year - round with a broad - spectrum parasite control.1 However, if you do not give your dog Trifexis year - round, then your treatment schedule should begin within one month of the first exposure to mosquitoes and should continue until three months after the last exposure to mosquitoes.

Oil replacement treatments are performed frequently at first and taper down to less frequent applications after the first month.

Periodic treatments (usually every few months) are generally required after the first series of treatments to keep your pet comfortable.

Cats that still have elevated thyroid levels after I - 131 treatment can be safely treated a second time if the thyroid levels remain high at least six months after the first injection.

If any significant pre-existing undiagnosed medical problems arise within the first month after adoption, Canine Castaways will pay for treatment at Animal Ark in Arcadia.

Tumor size seems to reduce more rapidly with SRT, often shrinking by 50 % or more within the first 3 - 4 months after treatment.

After all, article 24 (2) explicitly offers equal treatment with respect to social assistance during the first three months of residence to «workers, self - employed persons, persons who retain such status and members of their families.»

They're not the first to be charged for this reason, and parents have recently been convicted under this section for a four - year - old boy who fell down the stairs and subsequently died due to his injuries, and another 19 - month - old boy who died from full thickness burns after his mother refused to obtain medical treatment for him.

Resuming treatment months after stopping sends a message to the insurance company the injured party may not have been hurt in the first place or that they are trying to take advantage of the process.

Benefits will not be available for any condition, ailment or injury or related condition for which insured person has been diagnosed, received medical treatment, had signs and / or symptoms, prior to inception of his first Policy, until 48 consecutive months have elapsed, after the date of inception of the first Policy.

After CYT treatment, we found that 60 «o had some period of recovery; 29 % went into recovery but later relapsed; 7 % went into recovery, relapsed, but then resumed recovery; 15 % did not respond to treatment right away but did get better during the subsequent months; and 9 % recovered right away and stayed in recovery through the first year following treatment.