Sentence examples for extends patients from inspiring English sources

(As point of comparison, Herceptin — the most promising new drug for women with advanced breast cancer — extends patients' lives by a median of five months compared with those who receive chemotherapy without it).

Although the drug extends patients' lives on average they live 14 to 15 months, versus 8 months on conventional therapy their tumors eventually develop resistance and begin growing again.

13 In addition, SLT relieves the stress of organ shortage and extends patient lifespan.

Glioblastoma is a deadly disease and even aggressive neurosurgical resection followed by radiation and chemotherapy only extends patient survival to a median of 1.5 years.

Because defibrillators appeared to extend patients' lives, the study was stopped early, and all participants were offered free defibrillators.

But the trial did not show that Abraxane extended patients' lives longer than Taxol did, and that is the most important measure of effectiveness.

AstraZeneca, the British drug maker, withdrew its application for European Union approval of the lung cancer treatment Iressa after study results last month showed the drug failed to extend patients' lives.

Recently, a well-controlled and much larger trial failed to confirm the initial findings: breast cancer support groups, while improving the mental health of participants, do not seem to extend patients' lives.

It found that Avastin, when used with another drug, slowed progression of the disease but did not significantly extend patients' lives.

Checkpoint inhibitors can shrink tumors and extend patients' lives, sometimes by years.

A magic bullet still eludes researchers, but much progress has been made with therapies that slow down the multiplication of the virus and greatly extend patients' lifespans.