improved survival
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimproveandsurvival
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improve
verb[I or T]
uk/ɪmˈpruːv/us/ɪmˈpruːv/
to (cause something to) ...
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survival
noun
uk/səˈvaɪ.vəl/us/sɚˈvaɪ.vəl/
the fact of a person, organization, etc. continuing to live ...
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Such screening offers the best hope for early detection, eligibility for treatment andimprovedsurvival.
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Physicians endorsed dubious benefits such as decreased aspiration andimprovedsurvival.
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Improvedsurvivalcan be achieved as progress is made to control rejection and graft vasculopathy.
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Our patients deserve better than the few months ofimprovedsurvivalthat riluzole offers.
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Improvedsurvivalwith an implanted defibrillator in patients with coronary disease at high risk for ventricular arrhythmia.
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However, one outcome change that in time will be quantifiable, we assume, isimprovedsurvivalweighted by quality of life.
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Randomised trials and meta-analysis offers a substantial improvement in outcome have demonstratedimprovedsurvivalwith compared with radiotherapy alone.
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In this study, minocycline administered in the diet delayed the onset of muscle strength decline andimprovedsurvivalcompared to mice fed a regular diet.
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Approximately one-quarter stated that this intervention enhanced quality of life and functional status and 60% endorsed that itimprovedsurvival.
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In patients with a moderate or high risk for relapse of the disease following surgery, chemotherapy leads toimprovedsurvivaland a chance for cure.
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Some studies do reportimprovedsurvivalwith specific treatments (4), but the differences typically lack clinical and statistical significance because of confounding variables and wide confidence intervals.
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It is possible that differences in productivity in the present study are also related to an improved maternal ability orimprovedsurvivalin the nesting season.
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Improvedsurvivaland consistent health care with vaccination, malaria control and modern medicines have occurred at the same time as the disappearance of most traditional abstinence from intercourse.
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More importantly, there is evidence that patients treated in such units haveimprovedsurvivalrates.
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Theimprovedsurvivalrates for low birthweight babies are demonstrated in the following table.
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As a consequence of theimprovedsurvivalrates, the number of adult survivors of childhood cancer has greatly increased.
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The first relates to the changing nature of this population due to theimprovedsurvivalof infants born extremely preterm (<28 weeks' gestation) and at the lower limits of viability.
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Widespread screening for breast cancer, detecting more women at younger ages and earlier stages coupled withimprovedsurvival, is increasing the demand for minimally invasive, cosmetically preferable treatment modalities.
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A pre-planned interim analysis showedimprovedsurvivaland quality of life.
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On the other hand a disease pattern mainly characterized by tremor as opposed to rigidity predicts animprovedsurvival.
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Survival time of this brain tumor varies - younger age and low-grade initial diagnosis are factors inimprovedsurvivaltime.
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Another advantage of lures is that their use promotesimprovedsurvivalof fish during catch and release fishing.
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