They wrote that the results "stand as a relative indictment of routinely offering chemotherapy to patients with terminal cancers". "These data...suggest that equating treatment with hope is inappropriate," they continued, calling on oncologists instead to discuss the pros and cons of continuing treatment with late-stage cancer patients.
Our findings also underscore the challenge that many oncologists face when discussing the option of stopping chemotherapy with patients and their caregivers, 40 particularly when patients—and physicians may equate stopping treatment with "giving up" or "doing nothing".
Although it is impossible to equate the treatment window found in the mouse model to humans, it is important to keep in mind for future clinical trials that despite the relatively stationary nature of CNGB3-related dystrophies, an optimal window for treatment is likely to exist.
German officials said equating the treatment of Scientologists with that of Jews under the Nazi regime was a distortion and an insult to victims of the Holocaust, a view supported by some Jewish leaders in Germany.
In June, he made comments equating the treatment of producers from rappers as "rape," writing, "hella rap artists are rape artists".
As reported from other clinical trials, new lesions cannot be equated with treatment failure, however [ 9, 21– 23].
And mental health does not equate with psychiatric treatment, be it psychological counseling, medications, whatever.
Costs averted due to hospitalizations and treatment equate to $20,703 per practice, $151,821 per facilitator, and $4.93 per patient.
Given the high price of Avastin, a measure of health insurance coverage might also be confounded by income, as income may also equate to increased treatment access through additional enrolment into a supplemental Medicare insurance programme.
The seven events out of a total of 136 treatments equate to adverse events occurring in 5.2% of treatments.
