Mesh repair of incisional hernias has been consistently shown to diminish recurrence rates after repair, with an increased risk of infectious complications.
After two to three years in remission, recurrence rates seem to stabilize after a person stays well for a longer period, the risk of recurrence is diminished [ 1, 7, 12].
Li et al (2008) showed that higher preoperative carbonic anhydrase-9 levels correlate with diminished recurrence-free survival.
Hypoxia is a common characteristic of locally advanced solid tumors that has been associated with greater recurrence, less locoregional control, diminished therapeutic responses, and lower overall and disease-free survival [ 20, 21].
Two months after treatment, the lesion was diminished in diameter and the absence of disease recurrence was confirmed by an incisional biopsy.
A peak in recurrence rates around year 2 for oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancer had been seen in older studies, but this is very much diminished in more recent studies, where now the recurrence rate is roughly constant for at least 10 years.
Onco type DX heavily weighed the tamoxifen-only arm of the NSABP-B20 trial in its training set, where most recurrences occurred within 5 years, and has diminished prognostic ability beyond year 5 [ 10].
Fedele et al. described how the pregnancy rate diminishes in case of recurrence of endometriosis, and actually the five patients in our study who had a reoperation for recurrence did not become pregnant [ 20].
This osteotomy decreases pressure on the epiphysis, facilitates the reduction, and diminishes the risk of recurrence and avascular necrosis of the femoral head, which are the two dreaded complications.
Consensus guidelines for adjuvant breast cancer (BC) therapy advise different treatment modalities to diminish the risk of recurrence after surgery for primary breast cancer [ 1].
