Sentence examples for benefit for stage from inspiring English sources

Gross total resection offered a survival benefit for stage 4 patients.

There was a small, phase III trial of the ganglioside GM2 that demonstrated a survival benefit for stage III patients.

The presence of high numbers of intraepithelial, but not stromal, CD8-positive T lymphocytes was of uni- and multivariate prognostic benefit for stage III ovarian cancer patients, especially in the large sub-group of patients receiving adjuvant paclitaxel/carboplatin therapy.

The PORT meta-analysis did not show a significant survival benefit for stage III/N2 patients, allowing the conclusion that the role of postoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of N2 tumors is not clear and needs further research [ 12].

The authors of this presently largest single trial in stage II colon cancer concluded that 'chemotherapy produces a small (1 5%) survival benefit for stage II patients, sufficient to outweigh the inconvenience and cost for high-risk and younger patients' (Gray et al, 2004).

Nevertheless, the current study already represents an important step forward in the overview the ER-negative type of tumours, with putative future benefit for staging and treatment of these patients.

Likewise, as an adjuvant treatment, IPI has prominent clinical benefits for stage III melanoma, and the additional effect of the T-VEC vaccine cannot be ignored.

Therefore, a reliable non-invasive molecular imaging technique such as positron emission tomography (PET)—would be of great benefit for early stage in vivo diagnostics, visualization of treatment response and further elucidation of underlying pathophysiological mechanisms.

The multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitor sorafenib is the only available systemic chemotherapy agent with survival benefit for advanced stage HCC, however its use is limited to those with well-preserved liver function [ 11].

Another study presented today, of 1,444 women, found that chemotherapy provided more benefit for early-stage breast cancer if given before tamoxifen, not concurrently, after surgery.

While the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is rising worldwide [ 1], only 25% of patients benefit from curative treatment and transarterial chemoembolisation (TACE) appears the only palliative therapy with proven benefit for intermediate stages of the tumor [ 2- 4].