It is important to get treatment for malignant melanoma. Without treatment, the cancer will go deeper into the skin and spread throughout the body, eventually leading to death.
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The life span usually is not significantly affected. About half of the patients recover and can discontinue treatment within five years of the onset of their symptoms.
The expectation of the outcome of treatment is known as the prognosis.
Accurate prediction of the outcome for individual patients is difficult with osteochondrosis. Some patients will heal spontaneously. Others will heal with little treatment other than keeping weight or stress off the affected limb.
Prognosis
Usually, intravenous steroids are immediately administered to patients suspected of suffering from central cord syndrome, to decrease swelling and improve outcome. Surgery may be performed in certain cases.
The treatment effect is the difference between the observed outcome and the "normal" outcome
The treatment effect is the difference between the observed outcome and the "normal" outcome
The treatment effect is the difference between the observed outcome and the "normal" outcome
Although it is never good to skip a treatment, patients do not receive treatments over the weekends. Missing one or two will not affect your overall outcome. The treatments will be added to the end of the course of therapy. When receiving treatments such as Stereotactic Radiosurgery with the Cyberknife, due to the high doses over the short time, missing a treatment is not recommended.
It is most likely that the speed of initial treatment will affect the ultimate outcome.
Prognosis refers to the likelihood of disease (e.g. treatment) outcome. Poor prognosis means that the likelihood that the outcome is unfavorable is high.