Some patients stop treatment when variables improve

Knowing When to Stop

When Oscillators Stop Oscillating

Biological treatment in rheumatoid arthritis: when to stop?

Randomised controlled trials of the eff ect of stopping treatment are rare, but in The Lancet Josef Smolen and colleagues report results showing that it is possible to stop a risky and expensive treatment for many patients with rheumatoid arthritis once an initial response has been obtained. Newly diagnosed adult patients were treated fi rst with either methotrexate plus placebo (n=517) or meth...

The physician and updates in cancer treatment: when to stop?

The issue of life-ending has been a source of considerations since the dawn of civilization, and calls for great circumspection when one attempts to fit it socially throughout the history of human thinking. The development and improvement of Medicine might modify, in most cases, the natural history of disease. We have managed to prolong life and the process of dying. This has created a new medi...

When and how to stop etanercept after successful treatment of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

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