prolonged survival
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprolongedandsurvival
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prolonged
adjective
uk/prəˈlɒŋd/us/prəˈlɑːŋd/
continuing for a ...
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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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(Definition ofprolongedandsurvivalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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As with younger patients the achievement of complete remission is an absolute prerequisite forprolongedsurvival.
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Under appropriate conditions, judging from reduced mortality rates and/orprolongedsurvivalperiods, these animals were protected against a lethal challenge infection with 3rd-stage larvae.
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It is therefore clear thatprolongedsurvivalis achievable in the era of new endocrine therapies and taxanebased chemotherapy (both of which our patient received).
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Results showedprolongedsurvivalonly after the drug was given at early stages, before the onset of high-grade neoplasia.
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What is perhaps more striking is herprolongedsurvivalafter initially presenting with severe hypercalcaemia.
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First, an indication ofprolongedsurvivalmight be obtained from the results of more-sensitive indicators of disease regression.
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There is a distinction between aestivation (prolongedsurvivalby dormant snails out of water) and diapause (spontaneous climbing out of water and entering a state of dormancy).
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Ebstein's malformation is compatible withprolongedsurvivalinto adult life with few problems.
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This programmed transition to a non-dividing state of reduced metabolic activity allowsprolongedsurvival, since it can be sustained on the left-over resources for a long time.
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Where the donor was an identical twin,prolongedsurvivalhas been recorded.
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Some are associated with more serious defects, which may or may not be amenable to surgery, and the most serious are, of themselves, incompatible withprolongedsurvival.
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It has also been discovered that adults during the wet season reproduce quickly while the dry season adults use resources geared towardsprolongedsurvival.
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Thus, the presence of a central vacuole in its cells enables aprolongedsurvivalin sulfidic sediments.
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Studies there indicateprolongedsurvivaland improved quality of life when gastric cancer patients with unresectable or recurrent diseases are treated with lentinan in combination with other chemotherapies.
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Although occasionally adaptable to human disturbances, leopards require healthy prey populations and appropriate vegetative cover for hunting forprolongedsurvivaland thus rarely linger in heavily developed areas.
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