News tagged with treatment outcome

Higher carotid arterial stenting rates associated with poorer clinical outcomes

Among eligible Medicare beneficiaries, increased use of carotid arterial stenting (CAS) procedures to treat carotid stenosis--the narrowing of the carotid artery--is associated with higher rates of mortality and adverse clinical ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Family history of prostate cancer does not affect some treatment outcomes

In a first of its kind study, a first-degree family history of prostate cancer has no impact on the treatment outcomes of prostate cancer patients treated with brachytherapy (also called seed implants), and patients with ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0