prognostic significance

collocation in English

meaningsofprognosticandsignificance

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prognostic
adjective
uk
/prɒɡˈnɒs.tɪk/us
/prɑːɡˈnɑːs.tɪk/
relating to a doctor's judgment of the likely or expected development of a disease or of the chances of ...
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significance
noun[U]
uk
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/us
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns/
importance:
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In addition, there are still controversies regarding theprognosticsignificanceof detection of micrometastasis in breast cancer.
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Pathological features andprognosticsignificanceof prostate cancer in the apical section determined by whole mount histology.
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Theprognosticsignificanceof abnormalities seen on magnetic resonance imaging in late life depression : clinical outcome, mortality and progression to dementia at three years.
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There is now increasing evidence that memory complaints do have independentprognosticsignificanceand should not be assumed to be secondary to depression.
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Theprognosticsignificanceof cognitive impairment and treatment resistance shown by 'vascular depression' has been discussed earlier.
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This sub-analysis looked at 22 pathologic features and 4 clinical features for theirprognosticsignificance.
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Beyond disturbances of rhythm, however, electrocardiographic findings have not yet been identified as havingprognosticsignificance.
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In future research, it would be useful to determine if perceived containment in late childhood has anyprognosticsignificancefor substance use and related problems several years later.
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No hypotheses were formulated onprognosticsignificance.
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Greater attention in recent years to emotional problems and disorders has suggested a reconsideration of the conclusion that emotional problems have less stability andprognosticsignificance.
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They concluded that carotid atherosclerosis measured by this non-interventional method hasprognosticsignificancein coronary artery patients.
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The location of the tumor may haveprognosticsignificanceas well.
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In fact, endothelial dysfunction has been shown to be ofprognosticsignificancein predicting independently vascular events including stroke and myocardial infarction.
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