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Bioelectrical impedance phase angle as a prognostic indicator in advanced pancreatic cancer

In my previous blog post “Phase Angle Is A Prognostic Factor” I wrote about how/why Phase Angle is a reliable and objective prognostic indicator.  Here I point you towards a research done on fifty-eight stage IV pancreatic cancer patients treated at Cancer Treatment Centers of American at Midwestern Regional Medical Center (Zion, IL, USA) between January 2000 and July 2003.

Bioelectrical impedance phase angle as a prognostic indicator in advanced pancreatic cancer

Please review the research details – but here is the summary from the research “In summary, our present study has demonstrated the prognostic significance of the phase angle in advanced pancreatic cancer. To the best of our knowledge this is the first study to evaluate phase angle for its prognostic importance in advanced pancreatic cancer.”

It makes me very happy – how our medical device PrognostiCheck(R) will help patients, physicians and their families across the world.

Tags: pancreatic cancer, Prognosis

Severity of Disease

Some of the most common and important questions for the individual patient and their family is
– “When is he/she going to feel better?”
– “How effective is the treatment?”
– “The severity of disease?”

Prognosis assesses the course, presence and severity of disease, the effectiveness of treatments and the timing of non-acute death. Prognosis provides answers to support the decisions that physicians, patients and families must make. Through understanding and seeing a disease process in practical objective terms; better decisions can be made.

Information about prognosis is often based upon statistical analysis of a disease condition, lab studies and the experience of
others. In general terms these methods are especially effective at planning but when used for individuals they fail.

PrognostiCheck® is a biometric scoring system based upon measured values from a medical device. It works on the following principal “the ability of a biological entity to store a safe and highly controlled electrical signal is proportionate to the vitality of the entity.”

• These data come from the cellular architecture level in the hierarchy of physiology which occurs before the traditional values of lab studies, imaging techniques and physical examination come from.
• By seeing what is happening in the cell-wall-membrane the results provide better information sooner that supports, compliments and increases the value of the physician’s decision dataset.
• This Vitality Index® can be used to score a patients prognosis and better understand the severity of their disease, the effectiveness of a treatment on them and the timing (or trajectory) of their death.
• The test is noninvasive, easily done, has no side effects and has immediate results that are easily understood.

By knowing the severity of disease – the patient,  their family and physician can collectively make a better decisions based on objective and reliable facts. The results provide physicians, patients and families with better information to make better decisions.
The results clearly illustrate the global effects of the disease, treatment and the patient’s response and can be used to objectively and accurately decide what to do next.

Click here to learn more about PrognostiCheck(R).

Tags: Disease, Prognosis, Severity

PrognostiCheck® Illustrates The Presence Of Disease

PrognostiCheck® measures prognosis sooner. Check out following visual to understand PrognostiCheck® in 30 seconds.

Tags: Burden of Disease, course of disease, Disease complications, Disease Indicator, Disease Management, Disease Outcome, Disease Progression, Disease severity, Effectiveness of Treatment, measurement, Present on admission, Prognosis, Trajectory of disease, Treatment and Prognosis

Measure Prognosis Sooner

Dealing with breast cancer, prostate cancer or any type of serious illness is hard enough. Why waste precious time to see how the disease is progressing.  Fortunately, now there’s a simple, reliable and objective test that can help you and your doctor learn your prognosis sooner.

PrognostiCheck ® is a simple non-invasive medical device which measures the health of your cells – were disease starts. Physical symptoms appear later.

Your doctor  can use PrognostiCheck ^® along with your current treatment to make better, informed and objective decisions sooner. To learn more about PrognostiCheck ^® click  here.

Tags: Conditions and Diseases, Prognosis, PrognostiCheck ®., Prostate cancer