Survival rates in patients with
low-grade glioma after intraoperative magnetic resonance image guidance.
Accurate understanding of the clinical behavior and prognostication of MASC awaits further clinical research, but so far MASC appears to be a
low-grade carcinoma with behavior similar to acinic cell carcinoma and a generally favorable prognosis.
The average age of women with
low-grade cancer falls in the early 40s, and it is not uncommon to see women in their 20s, 30s, and 40s--and the occasional teenager--with the disease.
As shown in other studies, a high-grade brain tumour shows greater rCBV than a
low-grade tumour.
With 1 case of carcinoma in situ (CIS), 3 cases of
low-grade transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) (1973 WHO grade 2) and 4 cases of high-grade TCC (1973 WHO grade 3), one would have expected the CIS to be positive and probably 3 out of 4 high-grade cancers also, leading to an expected overall sensitivity of around 50%.
The inclusion criteria for this study were patients registered in the ASR between 1979 and 2010 with a
low-grade fibrosarcoma, resulting in a total of 30 patients.
Similarly, in
low-grade dysplasia, RFA upon disease progression to high-grade dysplasia also bested the strategy of surveillance until cancer and esophagectomy, resulting in 0.17 more QALYs and costing $7,446 less, assuming a 0.5% progression rate.
The risk for the invasive
low-grade serous ovarian cancer was significantly stronger than that for its high-grade counterpart (odds ratio, 1.94; 95% confidence interval, 1.21-3.11; P = .01).
Although Debbie didn't succumb to waiting and changed the term to "watch and live" - she said that more support and research was needed to be given to those with a
low-grade tumour.
Microscopic examination of an office punch biopsy of the mass showed findings consistent with a
low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma.
For those interested in
low-grade entertainment and who can't deal with X Factor or the TV soaps, the current mess-up is shaping up to be an interesting bit of drama.