However, early evidence of treatment response does not necessarily indicate a favourable long-term outcome.
Adolescent knee pain does not always have a favourable long-term prognosis.
Given the chronic nature of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), treatments must have a favourable long-term risk-benefit profile.
We are aware that the absence of early deterioration does not necessarily imply a favourable long-term outcome.
Furthermore, 19% of patients with membranous nephropathy (MN) and subnephrotic proteinuria are treated with immunosuppression in spite of a favourable long-term renal prognosis [ 5].
The 70-gene prognosis signature is an independent prognostic indicator that identifies a subgroup of HER-2-positive early breast cancer with a favourable long-term outcome.
Data from TORCH also indicated that salmeterol/fluticasone propionate was well tolerated, with a favourable long-term benefit/risk ratio compared with placebo (110).
As such, patients with GN who do not undergo a biopsy would be expected to have mild disease with a favourable long-term prognosis.
Majority of patients with low-grade gastric MALT lymphoma treated by exclusive H. pylori eradication have a favourable long-term outcome, offering a real chance of cure.
In conclusion, H. pylori eradication as single therapy may be appropriate for early-stage gastric MALT lymphoma, which leads to a favourable long-term outcome, offering a real chance of cure.
However, the inhibitory effect of anti-inflammatory doses of fish oil on TNF and interleukin-1 synthesis provides the potential basis for a favourable long-term effect on disease progression.
