Five hundred and forty four infertile couples underwent 706 assisted conception cycles (640 with poor prognosis indications and 66 controls) in which chromosomal analysis of PB1 for the chromosomes 13, 15, 16, 18, 21 and 22 was performed.
No poor prognosis indications were present in the remaining 66 cycles (mean female age 34.3 ± 2.4 years, 0.7 ± 0.4 previous cycles, no previous abortions), which represented the control group.
Metastatic status determines prognosis and indication for adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with colorectal cancer [ 13].
In addition, HR MRI provides the information necessary to identify patients with a good prognosis whose indication is the primary surgery, thus avoiding overtreatment.
Recently, several studies have shown the utility of EAA in the evaluation of the severity, prognosis, and indications of therapy for sepsis [ 3, 9- 14].
A list of choices is offered for the reasons for referral: epilepsy-related indications, other differential diagnostic questions, specific pediatric indications, follow-up EEG, assessment of prognosis, and other indications (Table 2).
Progression during preoperative chemotherapy should be regarded as a biological marker for poor prognosis and an indication for administering second-line chemotherapy before considering surgery [ 49].
The noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients is very important as it dictates the disease prognosis and the indication for therapy, narrowing down the use of the liver biopsy.
If this functional compensation is specific for tumour type, it could explain why Ep-CAM expression has such distinct effects on survival prognosis over different indications.
As previously seen, the NMIBC is a heterogeneous group of tumors whose prognosis and therapeutic indications are very difficult to establish at the diagnosis time.
