Sentences with phrase «standard treatments like»

«iCCA is resistant to standard treatments like chemotherapy and radiation,» said Josep Maria Llovet, MD, Director of the Liver Cancer Program, Division of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and contributing author.

Not exact matches

«I hope that someday all of you on the advisory committee can tell your families for generations that you were part of the process that ended the use of toxic treatments like chemotherapy and radiation as standard treatment, and turned blood cancers into a treatable disease that even after relapse most people survive.»

Essentially, this is a set of sexual Geneva conventions: You never knew it, but not only do you have the right to minimal standards of treatment if you ever become a prisoner of war, but when you were five, you had the right to learn at school all kinds of things about what some people like to do in bed, and if your parents thought that really they'd rather you didn't hear about that stuff at school, or at least not yet, they were... well, they were violating your rights.

Wilbur Ross, the US commerce secretary, made America's requirements for a trade deal clear earlier this month: Britain would need to dismantle EU regulations and agree to (typically much lower) US ones, on things like pharmaceuticals, data protection, chemical safety standards and meat treatment.

Another problem is that modeling studies, like this one, are inherently less powerful than other kinds of medical research: randomized clinical trials, the gold standard in medical research, in which patients are randomly assigned different treatments or no treatment; case - control studies, which compare patients who have a condition with those who do not; or cohort studies, which determine the risk of contracting a disease by studying a group of people with similar demographics.

«We aim to make technology that people can use in their daily activities, and we would like it to become a standard treatment for every amputation, thus prices would fall,» concludes Dr. Ortiz Catalan.

In elderly cancer patients like my father and aunt, who suffer from a variety of chronic health problems, physicians often modify standard treatment regimens — perhaps using two chemotherapy drugs instead of three or lowering standard dosages — in the hope that the revised treatment will work well enough.

The standard treatment, the so - called «treatment of choice,» is anti-depressant drugs, usually selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI's) like Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft.

Some studies suggest that prebiotics and probiotics will start to be included in the standard treatment protocols for inflammatory bowel conditions like ulcerative colitis because of their ability to help control symptoms and exacerbations.

The standard indications for a surgical solution for the treatment of osteoarthritis are debilitating pain and significant limitation of functions like working, walking or sleeping.

I take pride in empowering psoriasis sufferers just like you across the world to take control of their own health instead of relying on a failing medical system that continues to do nothing to improve treatment standards and ignores the very research that holds the keys to the psoriasis puzzle.

But some education observers predict that the standards» treatment of issues like evolution and climate change could jeopardize adoption in certain states.

i have a dolphin grey 3 door which will still look current thank god — mine is just like the limited version with dark replicas and grill --- > this is a nice refresh if available as a non-sport-back, that seems to make it less sporty always as 5dr 8in personand this looks too close to standard version hitting the press love the murdered black grill treatment on the limited 8P so hope they bring a kit locally or will do the sam again should i upgrade!

The new four - cylinder Legacy 2.5 i gets a similar treatment with up to 36 mpg highway, a significant increase of 4 mpg (and unlike its front - wheel drive competitors like the 37 - mpg Fusion and 38 - mpg Altima and Mazda 6, that's with standard all - wheel drive).

Base S models come with standard cloth seating surfaces while Wolfsburg and SE models get V - Tex Leatherette, and SEL models receive the full leather treatment with suede - like «Dinamica» inserts.

«Puppy Mill» Breeders, like the one shown above, that have been previously exempt from the Animal Welfare Act will now face USDA inspections and must follow a standard of care and treatment of animals.

Given the risk, it's wise for owners of large dogs to go with a different insurer like Figo (which covers all hip dysplasia - related treatment after the standard 14 - day waiting period) or Trupanion (same coverage, but with a 30 - day waiting period).

• Your pet's disease is uncommon, complicated, or undiagnosed after standard testing • You would like an informed, neutral second opinion of your pet's condition • The outcomes of the current treatments are not going well or as expected • Your pet requires a sophisticated procedure that is offered only by a specialty hospital • Your pet can benefit from 24 - hour monitoring provided by a referral hospital

By continuing to modernize waste treatment, help NGOs raise citizen awareness of the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle), build more incentives for the industry to improve, reduce and recycle materials (think of Bill McDonough's idea), and better enforce standards for waste disposal, Chinese cities like Beijing have a shot at dealing with their growing trash pile — and making much more money than Beijing's freelance recyclers make now.

Like other disclosures under the proposed rule, the information provided to workers» compensation carriers for treatment, payment or health care operations was subject to the minimum necessary standard.