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The patient with melanoma had significant and sustained shrinkage of one intra-abdominal lesion (Fig. 5A) but did not qualify as a partial responder due to parallel growth of two other smaller lesions in lung and forehead.

On the other hand, response may be somewhat less reliable with immunotherapeutic approaches since in some instances, there may be delayed tumor shrinkage, with or without a period of continued tumor growth prior to onset of sustained tumor shrinkage [ 82, 123], or there may be prolongation of survival without response or improvement in PFS [ 124].

Treatment with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) leads to rapid and sustained tumor shrinkage in a subset of patients with non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) [1] [3].

Treatment was then continued at 400 mg OD and sustained tumor shrinkage was seen in subsequent CT scans.

These slab samples were placed in a simply-supported static configuration and measured under the combined effects of sustained loads and shrinkage for a total period of 268 days.

This paper presents the results of long-term laboratory tests on composite slabs subjected to both drying shrinkage and sustained loads.

Tensile creep is measured on dog-bone shaped specimens subjected to constant sustained tensile stress, while shrinkage is measured on identical unloaded specimens.

The choice of specimen variables was made in order to examine the effects of shrinkage and sustained load levels on long-term deflections for slabs with two different deck profiles, while keeping slab thickness and concrete properties the same for each specimen.

However, tumour shrinkage was sustained for 3 months in these patients, although the tumour was not completely eliminated.

Long-term deformations were monitored for a period of 239 days while the samples were subjected to their own sustained self-weight and to the development of shrinkage.

The measured slab deflections have confirmed the dominant effect of drying shrinkage over load for normal levels of sustained loads.