Browsing by Subject "Survival"
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Cardiovascular comorbidities and survival of lung cancer patients: Medicare data based analysis.
(Lung Cancer, 2017-06-05)OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the role of cardiovascular disease (CVD) comorbidity in survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The impact of seven CVDs (at the time of NSCLC diagnosis ... -
Evaluation of genotype-specific survival using joint analysis of genetic and non-genetic subsamples of longitudinal data.
(Biogerontology, 2011-04)Small sample size of genetic data is often a limiting factor for desirable accuracy of estimated genetic effects on age-specific risks and survival. Longitudinal non-genetic data containing information on survival or disease ... -
Optimism and survival: does an optimistic outlook predict better survival at advanced ages? A twelve-year follow-up of Danish nonagenarians.
(Aging Clin Exp Res, 2013-10)BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Studies examining predictors of survival among the oldest-old have primarily focused on objective measures, such as physical function and health status. Only a few studies have examined the effect of ... -
Reduced length of hospital stay in colorectal surgery after implementation of an enhanced recovery protocol.
(Anesth Analg, 2014-05)BACKGROUND: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is a multimodal approach to perioperative care that combines a range of interventions to enable early mobilization and feeding after surgery. We investigated the feasibility, ... -
The H3K27 Histone Demethylase Kdm6b (Jmjd3) is Induced by Neuronal Activity and Contributes to Neuronal Survival and Differentiation
(2012)Changes in gene transcription driven by the activation of intracellular calcium signaling pathways play an important role in neural development and plasticity. A growing body of evidence suggests that stimulus-driven modulation ... -
Unfolded protein response genes regulated by CED-1 are required for Caenorhabditis elegans innate immunity.
(Dev Cell, 2008-07)The endoplasmic reticulum stress response, also known as the unfolded protein response (UPR), has been implicated in the normal physiology of immune defense and in several disorders, including diabetes, cancer, ... -
"We Can Learn To Mother Ourselves": The Queer Survival of Black Feminism
(2010)"We Can Learn to Mother Ourselves": The Queer Survival of Black Feminism 1968-1996 addresses the questions of mothering and survival from a queer, diasporic literary perspective, arguing that the literary practices of Black ...
