Improved prognosis (IMAGE)

Inselspital, Bern University Hospital

Improved prognosis

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prognosis has improved significantly in all cases. In the "good prognosis" classification, 5-year survival increased from 86% to a new 95%. And in the "intermediate prognosis" group, this value increased from 72% to 88%. The improvement was most impressive in the group with widely metastasized disease and the poorest prognosis: 5-year survival increased from 48% to 67%.

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Insel Gruppe, Marcel Wyler

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