Figure 1A C show the predicted probabilities, from the multivariate model, of not receiving curative treatment, for different categories of Gleason score, clinical T and comorbidity, by age.
The numbers of patients receiving curative and palliative treatment were 358 (84.6%) and 65 (15.2%) respectively.
Curative surgery remains the mainstay of therapy for CRC, but half of the patients receiving curative surgery alone will ultimately relapse and die of metastatic disease (Obrand and Gordon, 1997).
Gratitude on the part of the family member regarding the possibility of the patients receiving curative treatment, as also deep respect for the health-care professionals' commitment to helping the patient, may also have influenced the findings.
Likewise, a study from the UK (Munro et al, 2006) on a cohort of CRC patients receiving curative surgery found a significantly worse cause-specific survival in active smokers compared with non-smokers (HR: 2.55; 95% CI: 1.40 4.64).
Locally advanced primary tumors of squamous cell origin, all receiving curative radiotherapy, were included.
This is a prospective observational study of 60 patients with NSCLC receiving curative intent RT.
Of those diagnosed emergently and receiving curative resection, both short- and long-term outcomes, including mortality and medical and surgical complications, are significantly worse than those receiving elective curative resection [ 3– 5].
Based on previous studies and our recent review of this topic, six candidate miRNAs, miR-21, miR-31, miR-92a, miR-101, miR-106a and miR-145 (Table 1), were chosen for analysis in a cohort of 193 prospectively recruited patients receiving curative surgery for CRC [ 7- 13].
This study was designed to evaluate the role of adaptive radiation therapy for children receiving curative radiation therapy to the head and neck region.
