We found ten clusters of gastric cancer patients in Imanaga's group under a cancer research project organized by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and evaluated the prediction of prognosis of those patients in each cluster by using the censored regression of postsurgical survival time on a "prognosic" factor which has been extracted from nine explanatory variables observed mainly at the time ...

Congenital pulmonary malformations (CPM) comprise a group of anatomical abnormalities of the respiratory tree including congenital cystic malformations, bronchopulmonary sequestrations, bronchogenic cyst, bronchial atresia and congenital lobar emphysema.Socioeconomic, demographic, and hospital factors were determinants of survival of CPM. Antenatal diagnosis should be developed in order to impr...

PURPOSE The prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with pathologic mediastinal lymph node involvement (pN2) is poor in general. The majority of previously reported prognostic factors of pN2 disease are not available preoperatively. When we perform preoperative induction chemotherapy, we should undertake therapeutic planning according to preoperative factors. METHODS We focused on pre...

rhabdomyosarcoma (rms) is the most frequent soft tissue sarcoma in children. the aim of study was to retrospectively review the treatment results of childhood rhabdomyosarcoma and identify prognostic factors. 60 children with rhabdomyosarcoma treated between 1996 and 2002 in shafa hospital were reviewed. the data were analyzed for clinico-epidemiological factors. age, gender, race, histology ty...

procalcitonin is widely used as a biomarker for diagnosis and prognosis for sepsis and infection as well as monitoring the response to antibiotic therapy. in this study we systematically reviewed the value of procalcitonin in diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis in patients with sepsis or infection.

how to cite this article: salehiomran mr, nikkhah a, mahdavi m. prognosis of guillain-barré syndrome in children. iran j child neurol. spring 2016; 10(2):38-41. abstract objective guillain-barre syndrome (gbs) is an acute polyradiculoneuropathy characterized by progressive motor weakness of limbs and areflexia. in this study, our aim was to evaluate the clinical pattern and prognosis of childre...

results the mean age at the time of diagnosis was 54 years (range, 28 - 74). cause-specific survival rates of the entire group were 92%, 87% and 82%, at two, three and five years, respectively. the five-year cause-specific survival rates for grades one, two and three were 98%, 88% and 68%, respectively. multivariate analysis revealed that age, depth of myometrial invasion, involvement of ovarie...