OBJECTIVES To compute the life expectancy of persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on validated prognostic models from 2 cohorts, to compare mortality and life expectancy of persons with TBI with those of the U.S. general population, and to investigate trends toward improved survival over the last 2 decades. DESIGN Survival analysis. SETTING Postdischarge from rehabilitation units...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study of 55 consecutive patients with spinal metastases secondary to breast cancer who underwent surgery. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the predictive value of the Tokuhashi score for life expectancy in patients with breast cancer with spinal metastases. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The score, composed of 6 parameters each rated from 0 to 2, has been proposed by Tokuhashi a...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the risk of developing cancer in relation to the typical radiation doses received from a range of X-ray guided cardiac catheterisations in children, taking variable survival into account. METHODS Radiation doses were estimated for 2749 procedures undertaken at five UK hospitals using Monte Carlo simulations. The lifetime attributable risk (LAR) of cancer incidence was e...

Treatment guidelines recommend that curative radiation treatment of prostate cancer be offered only to men whose life expectancy is greater than 10 years. The average life expectancy of North American males is less than 10 years after age 75, yet many men older than 75 years receive curative radiation treatment for prostate cancer. This study used the provincial cancer registry in British Colum...

background: esophageal cancer is one of the prevalent cancers in east azerbaijan province. the aims of this study are to estimate the survival rate of patients with esophageal cancer by treatment modalities and tumor location, as well as risk factors such as cigarette smoking, family history, age at diagnosis, and gender. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study we evaluated 142 patien...

Heart transplantation (HTx) is the treatment of choice in patients with late-stage advanced heart failure (Advanced HF). Survival rates 1, 5, and 10 years after are 87%, 77%, 57%, respectively, average life expectancy 9.16 years. However, because donor organ shortage, waiting times often exceed expectancy, resulting a list mortality around 20%. This review aims to provide an overview current st...

Mortality rate, life expectancy, survival, and the impact of comorbidities on them in people with Parkinson's disease (PD) need to be assessed in settings with different sociodemographic backgrounds. We investigated mortality features in Iranian PD patients focusing on the role of cardiovascular multimorbidity on their survival. Data on mortality and comorbidity profile was gathered in a cohort...

BACKGROUND Most longitudinal studies showed increased relative mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus until now. As a result of major changes in treatment regimes over the past years, with more stringent goals for metabolic control and cardiovascular risk management, improvement of life expectancy should be expected. In our study, we aimed to assess present-day life expectancy o...

— This article investigates determinants of China s mortality levels and trends since 1981. Econometric results show that both economic development and social policies matter to survival outcomes, but in different magnitudes for various mortality measures. Economic growth plays a key role in reducing mortality in childhood and especially adulthood, and raises life expectancy. Declining adult il...