(1) Though her condition was not curable, her family say that she was told that she might have 12 months to live with treatment.
(2) Endometrial carcinoma has been regarded as one of the more curable gynecologic malignancies.
(3) Regarding space occupying lesions in the abdomen angiography is an aid in diagnosis and differential diagnosis and provides information on the curability.
(4) Cervicofacial actinomycotic osteomyelitis is a curable disease.
(5) New light-curable adhesive opaque resins were prepared using 4-methacryloxyethyl trimellitate anhydride (4-META), triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA), di (methacryloxyethyl) trimethylhexamethylene diurethane (UDMA) and titanium dioxide.
(6) Worldwide, the most striking difference was in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in children, which is common and largely curable.
(7) It is almost always associated with hypertension and is, therefore, potentially curable when localized to a single kidney.
(8) At present, CT scanning is widely used for diagnosis of the disease, and the lesions are surgically curable if they are located at the accessible sites.
(9) Effective diagnosis is still proving challenging, particularly for children, who are especially vulnerable to this curable disease.
(10) In the case of a curable cause the childbirth should take place near a well equipped neonatology department, with a neonatal intensive care unit and surgical possibilities.
(11) Solitary men died more often from potentially curable diseases, especially pneumonia.
(12) Patients classified as potentially curable (stages I, II, and IIIA) were treated with surgical resection, radiation therapy, or a combination.
(13) These results are significantly better than our historical control, and locally advanced breast cancer must now be considered a curable disease when treated with an aggressive multimodal approach.
(14) Ms Williams's name will already be familiar to many gay rights campaigners courtesy of a memorable speech on same-sex relationships, in which she applauded Jamaica's criminalisation of what her sect considers a curable aberration, a diagnosis she did not hesitate to apply to Tom Daly.
(15) This policy, which prevents many travellers and overseas residents from benefitting from one of the most effective prophylactic treatments on the market today, thereby indirectly causing a number of pernicious cases of malaria, is based on the unfounded, unproved premise that wide use of this drug would foster the development of méfloquine-resistance or on side-effects, which are in fact rarely of any consequence and always curable.
(16) Smaller tumours are less curable because of inefficient absorption of radiation energy, and larger tumours are less curable because of greater clonogenic cell number.
(17) The best way to eradicate these cancers will be through early detection, when they are still curable by surgery.” Scientists have known for more than a century that some tissue types give rise to cancer millions of times more often than others , but why this should be so has not been clear.
(18) The Surgical Endoscopy Service has been aggressively evaluating gastrointestinal symptoms with colonoscopy and screening asymptomatic patients with flexible sigmoidoscopy in hopes of finding early curable colorectal cancers.
(19) This results from recognition of the limitations of available therapies and a clearer view of the goals of treatment in patients whose diseases may not be curable.
(20) Insulinoma is an endocrine tumor curable by surgical removal, but there still remain a few unfortunate patients who have brain damages due to severe hypoglycemia or are blindly treated by pancreatectomy.
Durability
Definition:
(n.) The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or influences which tend to cause changes, decay, or dissolution; lastingness.
Example Sentences:
(1) The durable power of attorney concept, though not free of problems, appears more likely to be of practical utility.
(2) By sharing insights and best practice expertise through [the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Sustainability Action Plan] esap and other platforms, Wrap believes business models such as trade-in services will be a reality in the next three to five years.” The actions of the 51 signatories to esap include: implementing new business models such as take-back and resale; extending product durability; and gaining greater value from reuse and recycling.
(3) The system is characterized by high durability, simplicity, and economy and offers an attractive alternative to prevalent columns used for flow analysis.
(4) Follow-up data showing near zero rates of self-injury for 22 months following the conclusion of active treatment with naltrexone indicated that the intervention produced a durable result.
(5) Durability of surgical reconstruction was improved if autogenous saphenous vein was used and if the reconstruction was performed before development of complications.
(6) We have reviewed results of secondary therapy in 427 patients with acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) who did not have a durable satisfactory response after primary treatment.
(7) In short, a durable, successful currency union requires some ceding of national sovereignty."
(8) A three-dimensional network is thus formed, held in place through durable adhesions to stainless steel pins.
(9) Development of a durable color overnight allows application of the DHA preparation in the evening, thus eliminating possible interference with sunscreen use during the day.
(10) In selected cases, prolonged chemotherapy administration can result in durable complete remissions.
(11) Four patients received IFN for approximately 6 months and have manifested extraordinarily durable regressions of greater than 4+ years.
(12) It is the objective of the investigations to improve the adherance of the bone cement at the interface to achieve a more durable anchorage of bone cement in the tissue.
(13) Furthermore, changes in diet composition did not lead to any durable, significant change in plasma peptide levels.
(14) Three of the seven surviving patients have durable engraftment (greater than 230 to greater than 550 days) while four patients have autologous hematopoietic recovery.
(15) We review parent training research along three general dimensions: (1) overall effectiveness, (2) differences in effectiveness attributable to certain features of the program, and (3) durability and generalization.
(16) We conclude that the Hancock porcine bioprosthesis has an acceptable long-term durability and satisfactory performance after tricuspid valve replacement, and we continue to favor its use in the tricuspid position even in association with mechanical prostheses in the left side of the heart.
(17) Current equipment is compact, durable, and not difficult to use or extremely expensive.
(18) The results of an extended follow-up of patients with combined mitral-aortic valve replacement indicate that mechanical prostheses perform better in the long-term owing to their superior durability when compared with biological valves.
(19) Cognitive therapy is often used in treating attention-deficit-disordered (ADD) children because of its purported ability to address this population's attentional deficits and behavioral difficulties and to create durable therapeutic effects.
(20) Finding the funds to invest in durable and improved sanitation remains a major hurdle.