In some patients, both approaches may be necessary to maximize the probability of cure.
Consequently, the probability of cure has increased significantly in the last two decades.
Although esophagectomy provides the highest probability of cure in patients with esophageal cancer, many candidates are never referred for surgery.
However, achieving a high-specific activity product would increase the tumor dose, increasing the probability of cure.
Probability of cure varies according to patient's age, extent of disease and tumor biology (Maris et al., 2007 [1]; Brodeur, 2003 [2]; Cohn et al., 2009 [3]).
Treatment with CCFA in HRUD cows decreased the probability of PVD at exam 1. Treatment with PGF2α did not affect the probability of cure of CYTO or PVD irrespective of progesterone concentration at the time of treatment.
The latter choice (177Lu) seems to be optimal, as the mean beta-energy of 0.133 MeV yields a high probability of cure in the 1- to 3-mm (0.5 to 14 mm3) size range [3].
where S pop (x i ) is the unconditional survival function of x i for the entire population, S x i |N i =1)=1−F(x i |N i =1) is the survival function for the susceptible individuals and p=P(N i =0) is the probability of cure of an individual.
In appropriately selected cases, brachytherapy for primary tumours often represents a comparable approach to surgery, achieving the same probability of cure and with similar side effects.
The probability of cure depends, among other factors, on the initial number of clonogenic cells.
The concept of 'highest probability of cure with lowest risk of complications' is well known.
