Lung cancer survival in Norway, 1997–2011: from nihilism to optimism

Lung cancer survival in Norway, 1997-2011: from nihilism to optimism.

We examine changes in survival and patient-, tumour- and treatment-related factors among resected and nonresected lung cancer patients, and identify subgroups with the largest and smallest survival improvements.National population-based data from the Cancer Registry of Norway, Statistics Norway and the Norwegian Patient Register were linked for lung cancer patients diagnosed during 1997-2011. T...

Scleroderma: From Therapeutic Nihilism to Therapeutic Optimism

Several types of inflammatory cells infiltrate the affected tissue. Different subsets of “T” lymphocyte may be observed in different affected organs in various stages of SSc. CD4 lymphocytes are increased in the affected skin, whereas CD8 lymphocytes are found more commonly in bronchoalveolar lavage of patients who have scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease (ILD). Several autoantibodies...

Optimism and survival in lung carcinoma patients.

BACKGROUND It is popular belief that the psychologic response to a diagnosis of cancer influences survival in patients with cancer; however, research has produced contradictory results. In this prospective study, the authors investigated the relation between pretreatment levels of optimism and survival in patients with nonsmall cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). METHODS Two hundred four patients wh...

Pancreatic cancer and cancer screening programs: from nihilism to hope.

From nihilism to monism

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