Sentences with phrase «predict at diagnosis»

(TORONTO, Canada — Dec. 7, 2016)-- Leukemia researchers at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have developed a 17 - gene signature derived from leukemia stem cells that can predict at diagnosis if patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) will respond to standard treatment.

Leukemia researchers at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have developed a 17 - gene signature derived from leukemia stem cells that can predict at diagnosis if patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) will respond to standard treatment.

Today's findings augment recent research also published in Nature (Dec. 7, 2016) detailing the team's development of a «stemness biomarker» — a 17 - gene signature derived from leukemia stem cells that can predict at diagnosis which AML patients will respond to standard treatment.

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«At the same time, as the human ZNF217 is associated with poor survival in a variety of cancers, understanding how this protein operates in physiological conditions may help to predict cancer risk, achieve earlier diagnosis and provide novel therapeutic approaches.»

In announcing the first rough draft of the human «book of life» at a White House ceremony in the summer of 2000, President Bill Clinton predicted that the genome project would «revolutionize the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of most, if not all, human diseases.»

«Our findings emphasize the importance of patients» attitudes and beliefs about CAM and may predict patients» CAM use following cancer diagnoses,» said Mao, who is also an associate professor in the department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Penn..

Scientists are not at the point where they can factor in finger length to arrive at a diagnosis, but they've gathered evidence that shows how this prenatal hormone imbalance can affect a person for life, from increasing or decreasing your risk of certain diseases, to predicting how easily you get lost or lose your temper.

In February, Piven and his colleagues predicted the diagnoses of baby sibs using snapshots of brain structure collected at multiple time points during childhood.

«The hope is that in the not - so - distant future a miRNA - based blood test can be used in conjunction with imaging features and other factors to aid the medical team in accurately predicting disease severity of IPMNs and other pancreatic cysts at the time of diagnosis or follow - up so that more informed personalized medical management decisions can be made,» explained Permuth - Wey.

Each alternative performed better at predicting regional mortality than the current Medicare diagnosis - based method.

The findings, published online today in Nature, could potentially transform patient care in AML by giving clinicians a risk scoring tool that within a day or two of diagnosis can predict individual response and help guide treatment decisions, says co-principal investigator Dr. Jean Wang, Affiliate Scientist at the Princess Margaret, University Health Network (UHN).

For example, in working with canine lymphoma they have developed a genetic test that allows us to predict how long dogs diagnosed with lymphoma, at time of diagnosis, will respond to doxorubicin based chemotherapy.

Thoracic radiographs can show lesions at the alveolar sac, diffused lung cells or a lobar fusion, thus a tentative diagnosis can only be predicted for canine lung cancer.

As a result, they tend to spend more time onlooking (watching other children without joining) and hovering on the edge of social groups.8, 11 There is some evidence to suggest that young depressive children also experience social impairment.12 For example, children who display greater depressive symptoms are more likely to be rejected by peers.10 Moreover, deficits in social skills (e.g., social participation, leadership) and peer victimization predict depressive symptoms in childhood.13, 14 There is also substantial longitudinal evidence linking social withdrawal in childhood with the later development of more significant internalizing problems.15, 16,17 For example, Katz and colleagues18 followed over 700 children from early childhood to young adulthood and described a pathway linking social withdrawal at age 5 years — to social difficulties with peers at age 15 years — to diagnoses of depression at age 20 years.

Next, a logistic regression was conducted to test whether MDD diagnosis at baseline predicted MDD diagnosis at follow - up (12 and / or 24 months after baseline) while statistically controlling for demographic variables, comorbid diagnoses (split into separate disruptive and anxiety categories), stressful life events, and maternal and family history of affective disorders at baseline.

They serve children birth to age 36 months who have a medical diagnosis that predicts delay, or are considered to be at - risk for developmental delay.

Maternal current and lifetime diagnoses predicted the presence of an anxiety diagnosis at follow - up.

Finally, we used criterion outcome measures at age 5, which included parent - reported diagnoses of ADHD and ASD / AS and teacher - reported measures of personal, social, and emotional (PSE) development to assess the utility of the preschool SDQ to predict clinical outcomes 2 years later.