Treatment Outcome
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Laser treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia in patients on oral anticoagulant therapy: a review.

20 Dec 2009 We assessed the therapeutic efficacy and safety of laser prostatectomy (LP) for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in patients on oral anticoagulation. We systematically reviewed previous reports, using the Pubmed database and ... Read more...

2'-Chlorodeoxyadenosine (2-CdA) as salvage therapy for Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). results of the LCH-S-98 protocol of the Histiocyte Society.

13 Dec 2009 BACKGROUND: A prospective phase II Histiocyte Society study, LCH-S-98, evaluated the efficacy of 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine (2-CdA) monotherapy as salvage therapy in Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). PROCEDURES: Patients with poor and intermediate ... Read more...

Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allogeneic HCT) for treatment of pediatric Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

13 Dec 2009 BACKGROUND: Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) with best available donor for children with Philadelphia positive (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has previously been considered standard practice. Since the introduction of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Treatment Outcome'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Laser treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia in patients on oral anticoagulant therapy: a review. 20 Dec 2009
• 2'-Chlorodeoxyadenosine (2-CdA) as salvage therapy for Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). results of the LCH-S-98 protocol of the Histiocyte Society. 13 Dec 2009
• Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allogeneic HCT) for treatment of pediatric Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). 13 Dec 2009
• Natural history and outcome of optic pathway gliomas in children. 13 Dec 2009
• Acute success of cryoablation of left-sided accessory pathways: a single institution study. 13 Dec 2009
• Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation maintained by nonpulmonary vein sources can be predicted by dominant frequency analysis of atriopulmonary electrograms. 13 Dec 2009
• Vagus nerve stimulation for refractory epilepsy in children: More to VNS than seizure frequency reduction. 13 Dec 2009
• Gene expression profiling: decoding breast cancer. 29 Nov 2009
• Elevated levels of MIC-1/GDF15 in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients are associated with glioblastoma and worse outcome. 29 Nov 2009
• The impact of CD34+ cell dose on platelet engraftment in pediatric patients following unmanipulated haploidentical blood and marrow transplantation. 29 Nov 2009
• Treatment of children with acute promyelocytic leukemia: results of the first North American Intergroup trial INT0129. 29 Nov 2009
• Is there a role for histopathology in predicting the clinical outcome in congenital and infant Langerhans cell disease? 29 Nov 2009
• Childhood and adolescent lymphoblastic lymphoma: end of the beginning and future directions. 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
• Dasatinib after allogeneic stem cell transplantation in a child with Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 29 Nov 2009
• Is pegfilgrastim safe and effective in congenital neutropenia? An analysis of the French Severe Chronic Neutropenia registry. 29 Nov 2009
• Successful treatment with daclizumab of refractory anaplastic lymphoma. 29 Nov 2009
• Predictive power of pretreatment prognostic factors in children with hepatoblastoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. 29 Nov 2009
• Current status of diagnosis and prognosis of infant acute leukemia in China. 29 Nov 2009
• Splenectomy in two children with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome and massive splenomegaly. 29 Nov 2009

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Technical information about 'Treatment Outcome'

Definition: Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, practicability, etc., of these interventions in individual cases or series.

Descriptor UI: D016896

Alternative terms: Treatment Outcome; Outcome, Treatment; Rehabilitation Outcome; Outcome, Rehabilitation; Treatment Effectiveness; Effectiveness, Treatment; Treatment Efficacy; Efficacy, Treatment;

Tree Number: E01.789.800; N04.761.559.590.800; N05.715.360.575.575.800;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: IM: GEN only; coord NIM with dis /ther (IM), as "analysis of treatment outcome in Alzheimer dis at onset"