Sentences with phrase «year survival by»

Dendreon's study of 512 men demonstrated that when compared to a placebo, Provenge increased three - year survival by 38 percent and extended median overall survival by 4.1 months.

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In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll ™ among 1155 Canadians 18 years of age and older who had heard of Blackberry Ltd, fully three quarters agree the survival of Blackberry is important to the Canadian economy (75 %) and as many as one half agree strongly (50 %).

If 50,000 years ago the human race was motivated by simple survival, the emergence of more complex societies have bred a drive within human beings to, broadly speaking, seek reward and avoid punishment.

After spending 10 years behind the camera watching survivalist Bear Grylls overcome challenging conditions and teach crucial survival skills on shows like «Man vs. Wild» and «Running Wild with Bear Grylls,» Paul Mungeam, who goes by «Mungo,» has learned how to stay alive in the wilderness.

Accountability should be judged on tangible industrial measures like start - up tech company survival rates after three and five years, number of new products and services brought to market annually by companies that IRAP supported, and overall ROI after three or five years.

Not to mention, offering generous benefits before your startup has been around for three years lowers its chances of survival according to a study conducted by the Journal of Management.

The Catholic Girls» Survival Guide for the Single Years by Emily Stimpson.

If death were always preceded, however, as unfortunately on rare occasions it sometimes is, by a period of slow decay, as long in years as the original period of growth to physical maturity, until any kind of personal communion had been rendered virtually impossible, then we would not only welcome death, as a merciful release, but be less inclined to assume the survival of the deceased in an «after - life».

Man is an organic and organized whole, possessing a future consisting not merely of successive years but of higher states to be achieved by struggle, not merely survival, but some form of higher life or super-life.

Yet some either deny a concept of God based on a human like diety... without logically understanding it has to be something more than that... or worse only see a chaotic uncaring universe..., without understanding the complexity of the infinite miracles, defined by science alone, not to mention the influence of noy yet known to science, occurences... that have occurred for billions of years to end up in their creation and also supporting their every day survival.

A Canadian study published this year around the same time titled «Coconut oil protects cortical neurons from amyloid beta toxicity by enhancing signaling of cell survival pathways» observed that coconut oil and its medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs) protect against amyloid beta (Aβ) induced neurotoxicity in primary rat cortical neurons.

Kitson has scored eight goals by Christmas last season, although the goals dried up in the New Year, along with his team's chances of survival.

What a defiantly frivolous thing — to wear lipstick when all the faces around you wear only the lines etched into their skin by years of hard - won survival.

I sincerely hope that UNICEF, under your leadership, will contribute to this significant year by maintaining its legal support for this crucial policy tool that contributes so enormously to child survival.

Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 % in incidence rate in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in developed countries, ranking second among children aged 1 to 14 years in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death in the last few years in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable diseases are declining.2

Serious, research - oriented dads may appreciate information - rich books like «The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips, and Advice for Dads - to - Be» by Armin Brott or «Crib Notes for the First Year of Fatherhood: A Survival Guide for New Fathers» by Everett De Morier, while dads who like a laugh will probably enjoy «She's Having a Baby — and I'm Having a Breakdown: What Every Man Needs to Know — and Do — When the Woman He Loves Is Pregnant» by James Douglas Barron or «What to Expect When Your Wife Is Expanding: A Reassuring Month - by - Month Guide for the Father - to - Be, Whether He Wants Advice or Not» by Thomas Hill.

A Mom's Self - Care Survival Guide for the First Year by Maria Lianos - Carbone is a refreshing book, and one that moms will be able to relate -LSB-...]

Prof Kirby said improving survival rates on patients receiving chemotherapy, which can extend life expectancies by up to three years, meant it was a «big mistake to let him out on the premise that he would be dead within three months».

Just as the present situation will always be suspect because lines are redrawn every 10 years, no matter how brilliantly, by the very people — legislators — whose survival is at stake.

Over the last decade, the ten year survival rate increased by 11 per cent for all cancers combined, but the rates differ wildly between types of cancer.

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System Director Mary Jean Jakubowski had a few favorite books this year, each one about perseverance, hope and survival: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah; The Art of Risk: The New Science of Courage, Caution & Chance by Kayt Sukel; and Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island by Regina Calcaterra.

The survival of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, whose 65 - year mission has been to root out corruption, is threatened by a New Jersey law.

The four years project dubbed, «Encouraging Positive Practices for Improving Child Survival (EPPICS)», was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

That provision has been renewed every few years; its survival is a top priority for the lobbyists employed by PRI, as the company is one of two such firms operating in the red in New York.

Among the North Carolina counties included in the Duke study, survival with good neurologic recovery improved by 37 percent over those four years.

But we still have a long way to go before we will have affordable therapies able to prolong survival from advanced melanoma by several years with a decent quality of life.»

Black - footed ferrets, a critically endangered species native to North America, have renewed hope for future survival thanks to successful efforts by a coalition of conservationists, including scientists at Lincoln Park Zoo, to reproduce genetically important offspring using frozen semen from a ferret who has been dead for approximately 20 years.

Patients aged 65 years and older are living longer after lung cancer surgery, and with older people representing a rapidly growing proportion of patients diagnosed with lung cancer, this improved survival is especially significant, according to an article posted online today by The Annals of Thoracic Surgery..

Thomas Malthus died in 1834, worried about the survival of the world population, which then numbered 1 billion people and was growing by 5 million per year.

Increase survival from the time of listing by more than 1 year (adjusted for quality of life) as compared to waiting for transplantation based on antibody status.

As reported in 2015, the study met its primary endpoint after a median follow up of 2.3 years, with ipilimumab significantly improving recurrence - free survival.2 The drug was subsequently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as adjuvant therapy for stage III melanoma.

The survey, which asks both commercial and small - scale beekeepers to track the health and survival rates of their honey bee colonies, is conducted each year by the Bee Informed Partnership in collaboration with the Apiary Inspectors of America, with funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The researchers found that compared to measles - unvaccinated children, survival rates for measles - vaccinated children increased by a staggering 28 % in the first 12 months of follow - up and 18 % by five years of age.

It does seem certain that the extinction was followed by an extraordinarily long recuperation, called a survival interval, of at least 4 million years.

By 12 years, survival was no longer different for THA patients compared to the general population.

The survey, which asks both commercial and small - scale beekeepers to track the survival rates of their honey bee colonies, is conducted each year by the nonprofit Bee Informed Partnership in collaboration with the Apiary Inspectors of America.

The distinction between these two pathways may help to explain the difference between outcomes for younger and older patients — PA in younger patients is more likely to be caused by K: B fusion and 5 - year survival is generally high; PA in older patients is more likely to be caused by BRAF point mutations and 5 - year survival is generally lower.

The Darwin Initiative for the Survival of Species, John Major's contribution to last year's Earth Summit, now has a logo, # 1 million to spend in the next nine months and, after a delay caused by May's reshuffle of environment ministers, guidelines on what kind of projects the initiative will support.

However, adjuvant chemotherapy did not improve survival or disease - free survival, but we noted that the curves by adjuvant treatment did diverge progressively starting from year four for overall survival and from year two for disease - free survival.

«The excellent 1 - year survival shows that surgical performance by the sites was outstanding adding weight to our findings.

Then, the researchers reanalyzed the data from several other studies on virus survival and transmission, by Palese's group and others, including some over 40 years old.

Some patients given both treatments lived significantly longer (years) than expected, while the overall median survival increased by 59 % (2.6 months).

Specifically, there have been a proliferation of buoys over the past 40 years and the survival of an antiquated measurement technique used by ships.

According to Lee, elephants exhibit the classical mammalian pattern of a decline in reproductive rate after age 49, followed by up to sixteen years of post-reproductive survival.

The prevailing feeling among the researchers that Next Wave spoke to is that, if the law is approved, the next 10 years will see the university world thrown into mediocrity, populated by demotivated people facing a constant struggle for survival.

They reasoned that if there's no upper limit on lifespan, then the biggest increase in survival should be experienced by ever - older age groups as the years pass and medicine improves.

The study, led by Deborah Armstrong at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore, Maryland, builds upon evidence from eight other clinical trials showing an overall survival benefit of approximately one year for women treated with IP chemotherapy after «optimal debulking» — surgery to remove most, if not all, of the cancer in the abdomen.

«If you assume these drugs might improve survival rates by just 3 percent overall or by 5 percent in witnessed cardiac arrest events, this means they could save 1,800 additional patients every year in the United States alone from out - of - hospital cardiac arrest.

Pancreatic cancer has the worst five - year survival rate of any major cancer and is expected to be the second leading cause of cancer deaths by the year 2030.

Data in his report noted a 52 percent survival rate two years after liver transplantation — but he cautioned that accurate outcome data are hard to come by because the procedure is so rare.