Bias therefore may have been introduced regarding modalities correlated with conventional treatments.
This study supports the idea that most CAM users employ these modalities in conjunction with conventional medicine [ 2, 6, 26, 27] by affirming that there are CAM users among those who seek treatment in conventional medical settings.
Power calculations are based on the question, 'Do you think CAM modalities can interact with conventional cancer treatments?' In our calculations, we presume that CAM providers will be highly likely to respond 'no' and that conventional providers will be less likely to respond 'no'no
Approximately one-quarter of patients with MPM have unresectable disease at exploratory thoracotomy, after preoperative imaging with conventional modalities such as CT or magnetic resonance (MR) [ 27].
Metabolic imaging with PET is not only complementary to imaging with conventional modalities but also may be more sensitive because alterations in the metabolism of cancer cells may precede gross anatomical changes [ 3, 6, 7].
With conventional modalities the majority of patients enters some degree of response, but complete responses (CR) do not exceeded 5% while few patients are primary resistant, the median overall survival (OS) being three years.
In a recent report, F-FDG PET demonstrated the sensitivity of 95% (70 of 74 patients) in the primary tumour and has a higher accuracy for the detection of advanced oesophageal disease compared with conventional modalities such as computed tomography (Flamen et al, 2000).
Antiangiogenic therapy may inhibit tumor growth significantly when used as a single treatment modality, but the therapeutic benefit may be even greater when used in combination with conventional treatment modalities such as ionizing radiation and chemotherapy [ 16].
However, the identification of LNs and lymphatic vessels (LVs) in mice is challenging with conventional imaging modalities, since the LN diameter in normal mice is 1 2 mm.
However, the in vivo identification of LNs in mice is challenging with conventional imaging modalities since the LN diameter in normal mice is 1 2 mm.
