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 ...

Non-dialytic treatment (NDT) is a recognized strategy chosen by some patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), but there are few data on the prognosis of NDT patients in terms of hospitalization ...

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 ...

Efficacy of Thalidomide in Preventing Delayed Nausea and Vomiting Induced by Highly Emetogenic Chemotherapy: A Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Trial (CLOG1302 study ...

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, ...

Borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder have high rates of comorbidity, yet people with "borderpolar" experience ...

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 ...

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 ...

Comorbidity is a complex topic, conceptually and clinically. The definition of comorbidity from a conceptual point of view refers to a situation in which "a distinct clinical entity appears during the ...