Patients receiving sunitinib reported higher FACT-G scores than those receiving IFN- α, with a significant difference in the overall means (6.62, P<0.0001; 6.08, P<0.0001; 4.83, P=0.0036 respectively; MM).
As a former senior economist at the CEA, I am shocked that such an absurd and unsupportable statement could have passed muster at the CEA, an institution that traditionally has had very high fact-checking standards.
The Constant High (CH) class indicates a group of patients (26.2%) who had a constantly high FACT-C throughout the five years of follow-up period.
The high FACT-G scores observed among breast cancer survivors are somewhat surprising, because patients frequently report ongoing symptoms and long-term side-effects [ 35, 36, 39].
High functional and social well-being reported by breast cancer survivors compared to their general population counterparts contributed to their overall high FACT-G score and contradicts previous research [ 18, 26, 40- 42].
Higher level facts supervene on physical facts if any difference between two higher level situations implies a difference in the physical basis.
About 7-8 points higher, in fact.
A "robot-proof" education, Aoun argues, is not concerned solely with topping up students' minds with high-octane facts.
Voters' anxiety about the cost of health care is strikingly high — higher, in fact, than other economic worries.
For 2011, the figure will be higher; "in fact, it's likely to be a record," Mr. Hanson said.
DOL has since revised its higher education fact sheet to accurately reflect how the rule will be implemented.
