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4. Modelling Survival Data in Medical Research
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Huntington's disease, critical illness insurance and life insurance
TL;DR: A model of Huntington's disease, a highly penetrant, dominantly inherited, fatal neurological disorder, is described and the possible costs of adverse selection, in terms of increased premiums, under various possible moratoria on the use of genetic information, including family history are considered.
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Host specificity testing and suitability of a European biotype of the braconid parasitoid Microctonus aethiopoides as a biological control agent against Sitona lepidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in New Zealand
TL;DR: European M. aethiopoides was able to develop in the native weevils Irenimus aequalis, Nicaeana cervina, Catoptes cuspidatus, Protolobus porculus and Steriphus variabilis with parasitism rates that were significantly less than those in the corresponding S. lepidus control.
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Time and the risk of ruptured tubal pregnancy.
TL;DR: The rate of rupture is highest in women with the shortest times between symptom onset and treatment, and with passing time, the risk declines, but remains steady despite women's getting into care.
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What is a reasonable length of employment for health workers in Australian rural and remote primary healthcare services
TL;DR: Health worker-retention benchmarks that differ according to geographic location and profession are proposed and can be empirically derived, facilitating opportunities for managers to improve retention performance and reduce the high costs of staff replacement.
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Patch departure rules in Bumblebees: evidence of a decremental motivational mechanism
Diane Lefebvre,Jacqueline Pierre,Yannick Outreman,Jean-Sébastien Pierre,Jean-Sébastien Pierre +4 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that bumblebees tend to leave the patch using departure rules similar to those found in parasitoids, which is consistent with the central place foraging theory.
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Geoffrey A. Block,Preston S. Klassen,J. Michael Lazarus,Norma J. Ofsthun,Edmund G. Lowrie,Glenn M. Chertow +5 more
TL;DR: Hyperphosphatemia and hyperparathyroidism were significantly associated with all-cause, cardiovascular, and fracture-related hospitalization, and the population attributable risk percentage for disorders of mineral metabolism was 17.5%, owing largely to the high prevalence of hyperph phosphatemia.
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Overall Survival and Updated Results for Sunitinib Compared With Interferon Alfa in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Robert J. Motzer,Thomas E. Hutson,Piotr Tomczak,M. Dror Michaelson,Ronald M. Bukowski,Stéphane Oudard,Sylvie Negrier,Cezary Szczylik,Roberto Pili,Georg A. Bjarnason,Xavier Garcia-del-Muro,Jeffrey A. Sosman,Ewa Solska,George Wilding,John A. Thompson,Sindy T. Kim,Isan Chen,Xin Huang,Robert A. Figlin +18 more
TL;DR: Sunitinib demonstrates longer overall survival compared with IFN-alpha plus improvement in response and progression-free survival in the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic RCC, highlighting an improved prognosis in patients with RCC in the era of targeted therapy.
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Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy or Primary Surgery in Stage IIIC or IV Ovarian Cancer
Ignace Vergote,Claes G. Tropé,Frédéric Amant,G.B. Kristensen,Tom Ehlen,N Johnson,René H.M. Verheijen,Maria E. L. van der Burg,A. J. Lacave,Pierluigi Benedetti Panici,Gemma G. Kenter,Antonio Casado,Cesar Mendiola,Corneel Coens,Leen Verleye,Gavin Stuart,Sergio Pecorelli,Nicholas Reed +17 more
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Survival and Prognostic Stratification of 670 Patients With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
TL;DR: Five prognostic factors for predicting survival were identified and used to categorize patients with metastatic RCC into three risk groups, for which the median survival times were separated by 6 months or more.