Treatment Failure
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Prognostic value of proangiogenic cytokines in children with lymphomas.

13 Dec 2009 BACKGROUND: Angiogenesis and proangiogenic cytokines are involved in neoplastic development. The role of these processes in lymphoma formation has not been established. The aim of the study was to assess angiogenesis on the basis of serum levels of ... Read more...

A novel method for sinus node modification and phrenic nerve protection in resistant cases.

13 Dec 2009 This is a case report of inappropriate sinus tachycardia in a patient who had a previous unsuccessful endocardial ablation, which had been limited due to concerns of phrenic nerve injury. The patient required a repeat ablation that utilized a novel ... Read more...

mRNA expression profile of multidrug resistance genes in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Low expression levels associated with a higher risk of toxic death.

29 Nov 2009 BACKGROUND: Increased activity of multidrug resistance (MDR) genes has been associated with treatment failure in acute leukemias, although with controversial reports. The objective of the present study was to assess the expression profile of the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Treatment Failure'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Prognostic value of proangiogenic cytokines in children with lymphomas. 13 Dec 2009
• A novel method for sinus node modification and phrenic nerve protection in resistant cases. 13 Dec 2009
• mRNA expression profile of multidrug resistance genes in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Low expression levels associated with a higher risk of toxic death. 29 Nov 2009
• A phase II study of Campath-1H in children with relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a Children's Oncology Group report. 29 Nov 2009
• Endoscopic versus open vein-graft harvesting. 3 Nov 2009
• Difficult and failed intubation in 3430 obstetric general anaesthetics. 30 Oct 2009
• Lithium response across generations. 30 Oct 2009
• Quiz Page November 2009. Refractory hypertension in a man undergoing long-term hemodialysis: renovascular hypertension secondary to left renal arteriovenous malformation. 30 Oct 2009
• Skeletal stability and complications of bilateral sagittal split osteotomies and mandibular distraction osteogenesis: an evidence-based review. 30 Oct 2009
• Patterns of relapse and prognosis after bevacizumab failure in recurrent glioblastoma. 11 Oct 2009
• Alcoholic hepatitis. 6 Oct 2009
• To prevent post-traumatic stress disorder, is it helpful to provide psychotherapy to everyone who has been exposed to a significant trauma? 29 Sep 2009
• Drug fails to subdue repetitive behavior in children with autism spectrum disorders. 29 Sep 2009
• Failure of fracture plate fixation. 29 Sep 2009
• Clinical failure of vancomycin in a dialysis patient with methicillin-susceptible vancomycin-heteroresistant S. aureus. 29 Sep 2009
• Iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia. 29 Sep 2009
• Failure rate of contemporary low-dose radiosurgical technique for vestibular schwannoma. 29 Sep 2009
• Propranolol for airway hemangiomas: case report of novel treatment. 29 Sep 2009
• A documented previous difficult tracheal intubation as a prognostic test for a subsequent difficult tracheal intubation in adults. 29 Sep 2009
• Predictors of improvement of unrepaired moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation in patients undergoing elective isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery. 26 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Treatment Failure'

Definition: A measure of the quality of health care by assessment of unsuccessful results of management and procedures used in combating disease, in individual cases or series.

Descriptor UI: D017211

Alternative terms: Treatment Failure; Failure, Treatment; Failures, Treatment; Treatment Failures;

Tree Number: E01.789.800.760; N04.761.559.590.800.760; N05.715.360.575.575.800.760;

History Note: 93

Technical Notes: IM: GEN only; coord NIM with dis /ther (IM), as "analysis of treatment failure in AIDS" or with specific ther or intervention (IM)