Sentence examples for in serial levels from inspiring English sources
Although in several collaborative studies, we have shown that each approach has utility (Cristofanilli et al, 2004; Hussain et al, 2006; de Bono et al, 2008), important limitations have been identified: many tumours do not produce tumour-associated antigens, or there will be discordance between fluctuations in serial levels and response to treatment (Cristofanilli et al, 2004).
Thus, transfusion promotes inflammation directly as demonstrated in studies that measure serial levels of interleukin-6 in the recipient following pRBC administration [ 12].
However, in 1996 Sonoo suggested that serial levels of tumour markers taken during therapy might not always correlate with therapy response [ 8].
Knowing that PCT levels increase with severity of infection and over time, serial levels may be indicated in this population.
The term 'lactate clearance' has somehow been erroneously used in medical literature when referring to the process of change in serial lactate levels in response to therapy.
In serial analysis, levels of both ANG-1 and MMP-9 increased over the three time points in the PD group only.
To determine whether there was a trend in serial serum levels over time in a single subject, and to compare this trend between the two groups, a restricted maximum likelihood linear mixed model was used [ 49].
Serial levels gave a lead time to clinical relapse in 47% of patients who responded to therapy, including one patient with negative CA125 levels.
Serial levels of inhibin predicted recurrence before overt clinical relapse in two patients.
Another group recently observed that changes in serial tumour marker levels do not allow prediction of bone scan results [ 9].
Since the introduction of this test as an in vitro diagnostic in 2000, many studies have monitored serum HER-2/neu levels in serial samples of MBC patients; these show that increases and decreases in serum HER-2/neu levels correlate with the clinical course of disease [ 21- 24].
