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THERAPEUTIC FAILURE

Specialty Definition: THERAPEUTIC FAILURE

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Medicine

As defined by a 50% decline in CD4+ cell count, progression to AIDS, or death. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: THERAPEUTIC FAILURE

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Health

Antibodies may be one factor associated with therapeutic failure. (references)

With improved radiation techniques, especially the increased use of brachytherapy, improvement in tumor control and long-term survival has been noted in studies examining the patterns of practice in the United States since 1973. Increased risk of therapeutic failure is most closely associated with patients who have a large volume of primary tumor, bilateral parametrial disease, nodal metastases, poor performance status, and low hemoglobin values. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: THERAPEUTIC FAILURE

Language Translations for "THERAPEUTIC FAILURE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

manglende terapeutisk effekt (treatment failure). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

falen van de therapie (treatment failure). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hoidon epäonnistuminen (treatment failure). (various references)

   

French

  

échec thérapeutique. (various references)

   

German

  

therapeutischer Misserfolg (treatment failure). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

θεραπευτική αποτυχία (treatment failure). (various references)

   

Italian

  

insuccesso terapeutico (treatment failure). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

erapeuticthay ailurefay

   

Spanish

  

fracaso terapéutico (treatment failure). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: THERAPEUTIC FAILURE

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-e-f-h-i-i-l-p-r-r-t-t-u-u"

-5 letters: therapeutical.

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INDEX

1. Quotations: Non-fiction
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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