Sentence examples for a favourable stage from inspiring English sources

Clinical excellence or a favourable stage distribution is certainly not ruled out in Belgium or elsewhere, but would be unlikely to apply simultaneously to all the most fatal types of cancer (Carpelan-Holmstrom et al, 2005).

Patients with high level of microsatellite instability or defective mismatch repair had a favourable stage-adjusted prognosis, and did not benefit from fluorouracil-based therapy, while a significant benefit from fluorouracil therapy for tumours with microsatellite-stable or proficient mismatch repair has been demonstrated.

Additionally, patients who had a favourable disease stage (stage I) tended to refuse the recommended therapy (P=0.0546).

There was a significant change to a more favourable stage distribution during the study period from the prescreening era to the screening era.

Otherwise, secondary prevention through intensified surveillance to identify the earliest possible diagnosis of familial BC at a prognostically favourable stage is considered a feasible and acceptable strategy.

In the case of CRC, lead-time bias is probably not a significant problem, as earlier diagnosis of CRC at a more favourable stage does improve survival in a beneficial manner (Ries et al, 2007; Levin et al, 2008).

The lower mortality rate in Wigan, if not because of chance, must be because of a more favourable stage distribution, more effective treatment, or a combination of both.

Therefore, the present data suggest that breast cancer services may usefully pursue a strategy of earlier detection with the aim of achieving a more favourable stage distribution at diagnosis.

A reduction in diagnostic interval could contribute towards lower mortality through a more favourable stage distribution and better treatment options.

The apparent reduction in deaths from colorectal cancer in people with screen detected cancers in the screening group (6% colorectal cancer fatalities compared with 32% among controls) may be due to a more favourable stage distribution, but lead time bias is necessarily also an important factor that precludes formal comparison and valid conclusions.

A likely explanation for the short-term survival deficit in the United Kingdom compared with the Nordic countries is a less favourable stage distribution in the United Kingdom.