A
prognostic indicator is something that helps predict the outcome or future course of a situation or condition. It provides information that can help forecast how a person's health or a particular event may progress.
Full definition
We also postulate that Treg frequency and Treg: CD8 + ratios will act as
prognostic indicators of survival and may help identify novel targets for anti-cancer therapy.
Immunohistochemistry on biopsy samples (specifically E-cadherin expression) has been reported
as prognostic indicator and may be recommended.
Dr. McKensie testified that while there are some
positive prognostic indicators, such as the likelihood that his function will improve with an appropriate pain / activity program; these are outweighed by the negative indicators, such as length of time Mr. Swieczko has experienced pain and the fact that his body has become sensitized to it.
Poor prognostic indicators include the presence of congestive heart failure, thromboembolism, and hypothermia (low body temperature).
What Dr Larkin and co-authors show is that
bad prognostic indicators, such as BRAF mutations, metastatic pattern or increased age, do not negatively influence progression - free survival.
However, critical decisions about patient care currently rely
on prognostic indicators that are often unreliable or poorly predict the biological behavior of BCL.
In line with this finding, GLUT1 over-expression was found to be associated with tumor progression and poor overall survival in various tumor indications [4 - 8], representing itself as a valuable target of therapy and / or
prognostic indicator for tumorigenesis.
In order to assess the clinical significance of cerebellar volume and CCF volume
as prognostic indicators, further cohort and longitudinal studies are needed.
Drawing on a series of 141 couple therapy cases, the main goal of the present study was to determine whether romantic attachment, pre-treatment relationship distress and therapeutic mandates (i.e., reduction of couple distress or ambivalence resolution) are
prognostic indicators of early termination.
Other studies, meanwhile, are examining tryp's potential efficacy as an antifungal agent; and as
a prognostic indicator in patients with brain cancer (as seen by increased uptake of the amino acid on a PET scan).
Research Paper Long noncoding RNA miR503HG,
a prognostic indicator, inhibits tumor metastasis by regulating the HNRNPA2B1 / NF - κB pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma Hui Wang, Linhui Liang, Qiongzhu Dong, Lin Huan, Jia He, Botai Li, Chen Yang, Haojie Jin, Lin Wei, Chengtao Yu, Fangyu Zhao, Jinjun Li, Ming Yao, Wenxin Qin, Lunxiu Qin, Xianghuo He Theranostics 2018; 8 (10): 2814 - 2829.
Since both ALI and CRP are markers of inflammation, the aim of this study was to examine whether the combination of ALI and CRP is
a prognostic indicator of resected NSCLC or not.
It is used as
a prognostic indicator.