For some cancers, such as breast and thyroid, the 5- or 10-year survival rates inadequately reflect statistical cure rates, and highlight the need for long-term follow-up of these patients.
Although the often used 5- or 10-year survival rates may adequately reflect statistical cure rates for cancers with short natural history, such as pancreatic cancer, this is not the case for many other cancers.
Zhang's enthusiasm for the "talking cure" reflects a wider surge in interest, as China's citizens seek meaning beyond the quest for prosperity.
Kentucky Cured reflects all of those traits that Al possesses.
Kentucky Cured reflects the upbeat, spellbinding and positive side of Smith's personality, laced with colorful characters, both well-known and unknown.
Taking into account the three scenarios above, approximately 52%% of the target population who was HCV antibody positive was considered to have chronic HCV that has not yet been cured; this reflects the future disease burden for the payer over the next 14 years (Fig. 2).
9 In an extension of the nationwide Swedish audit, we investigated if, and to what extent, participation in cervical screening according to guidelines and/or screen detection of invasive cancer is reflected in improved cure of disease by utilising recently developed statistical methods for estimating the cured proportion of women with cervical cancer.
This was reflected by higher cure rates of onyx compared with glue, but this was claimed to be associated with worse neurological outcomes.
Clinical approaches to "debriefing" and other narrative reconstitutions of traumatic experience, including the psychoanalytic "talking cure," reflect an eclectic array of research questions and answers concerning the safety and value of verbal therapeutic encounters at different moments of the post-traumatic trajectory.
It shows that 5- or 10-year survival rates are inadequate to reflect the statistical cure rates.
