Sentence examples for survival adopted from inspiring English sources

The definition of progression-free survival adopted was time from randomization to either death or disease progression (whichever occurs first).

As for depth of tumour invasion, multivariate analysis identified serosal invasion as an independent prognostic factor when overall survival, but not peritoneal recurrence-free survival, was adopted as the end point.

The scheduling change is one of many measures in a drastic survival plan adopted earlier this year after a disastrous 2001.

With some modification, the UNICEF conceptual framework on nutrition strategy and child survival was adopted for this study [ 9].

Poverty was perceived to contribute to increasing sexual risks among orphan and non-orphan adolescents through survival strategies adopted to be able to meet their basic needs.

With regard to survival we adopted two further changes: first the general population was taken from National Statistics life tables for English men and women aged 45 onwards; second we applied a standardised mortality ratio of 3.6.

While the cell invasion and intracellular survival mechanisms adopted by T. cruzi in acute infections are becoming clearer, the adaptations that allow it to sustain chronic infections remain poorly understood (Nagajyothi et al., 2012).

These may well reflect different survival strategies adopted between the two kingdoms, i.e. plants evolved sessile systems with P450 enzymes with more diverse and essential roles, while animals developed higher order sensory and locomotor systems, and comparatively fewer P450s [ 4].

Despite the initial observation that the ATG gene Beclin-1 functioned as a tumour suppressor, several studies have suggested that autophagy may also function as a survival mechanism adopted by cancer cells facing hostile microenvironment conditions (such as hypoxia) and the resultant metabolic stress.

For a multivariate analysis of NED-survival we adopted only variables being of significant impact in univariate analysis.

The period approach to survival analysis adopts a parallel tactic to provide short-term predictions of cancer survival.