In all treatment groups of these four studies, the total sleep time extended longer than six hours after intervention, indicating benefit from auricular acupuncture was clinically relevant.
Other POCTs are fast pathogen identification tests such as rapid streptococcal A antigen detection test (RADT) that indicate benefit from treatment with penicillin [ 8].
This study supports the earlier findings of CALGB 9344 [ 5], which indicated benefit from the addition of taxanes, although the CALGB 9344 study suggested a definite interaction between ER status and benefit from taxanes.
However, it is not clear which cut-off value of sonographically measured cervical length is most likely to indicate benefit from a cervical ripening agent prior to induction of labour when compared with the traditional Bishop score method (Bishop 1964).
Of the 15 ITT and 11 PP patients treated until Month 8, 7 (1 CR, 6 PR) and 4 (1 CR, 3 PR) patients, respectively, showed response as determined by clinical palpation, yielding overall response rates of 24.2% (CR 3.5%, PR 20.7%) and 16.0% (CR 4.0%, PR 12.0%) relative to the respective overall population sizes of 29 and 25, and thus indicating benefit from prolonged letrozole treatment.
Although sectorial studies at one scale might indicate benefits from certain actions, the same actions might be seen as profoundly detrimental from a different perspective.
Both empirical evidence (Curran and Leighton 2000) and demographic modelling of masting and predation (Visser et al. 2011) indicate benefits from masting.
CARS spectra are in accord with the GERS results, which indicates similar benefit from the chemical enhancement.
While available evidence indicates limited benefit from traditional antenatal care services, focused antenatal care provides opportunity for early detection of diseases and timely treatment.
Fourteen of our patients (93 %) were categorized as PPI group B or C, a finding that confers a prognosis of less than 3 months survival but also indicates potential benefit from the use of RT.
