In the present study, we investigated whether age and serious comorbid conditions influence treatment decisions, complications and survival in breast cancer patients. The Eindhoven Cancer Registry ...

Standard tools don't help, study finds, but a specialized assessment does ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High comorbidity burden was associated with reduced cost-effectiveness of TKA vs. healthy patients. Increased ...

The presence of medical illnesses among inpatients with bipolar disorder is known to complicate treatment and lengthen hospital stay. However, except for a few specific diseases, little is known about ...

Quantitative Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction and the Oncotype DX Test for Assessment of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Status: Time to Reflect Again? Although oncologists ...

Not only is bipolar disorder a chronic, severe psychiatric disorder, it is also expensive to treat and expensive to society. An estimate of the total cost of bipolar disorder made more than a decade ...

BACKGROUND: Comorbidity indexes derived from administrative databases are essential tools of research in global health. We sought to develop and validate a novel cardiac-specific comorbidity index, ...

A retrospective analysis found glucocorticoid treatment to reduce comorbidities in adults with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and assessed the relationship between anthropometric measures and ...

Phase II, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Recombinant Human Intestinal Trefoil Factor Oral Spray for Prevention of Oral Mucositis in Patients With Colorectal Cancer Who Are ...

Background: People with diabetes mellitus are more likely to have cardiovascular, renal and ophthalmic comorbidity than those without diabetes. Information on the economic impact of diabetes and its ...