Progression Free Survival

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Program Evaluation Definition The systematic process for gathering and interpreting information with the intention to determine merit, worth, and significance.

Prophylaxis Definition The use of drugs as a preventive measure.

Proportional Mortality Rate Program Perspective Definition Indicates that the costs of implementing a health program are included, but not necessarily other costs such as those of the patients or the costs at higher levels of the health care system.

Progression Free Survival Definition The estimation of time from start of treatment to progression of disease or death whichever occurs first. Progression Free Survival is reported as median time for example median number of days.

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Synonyms Steele-Richardson-Olszewski Syndrome Definition PSP is characterised by a parkinsonian syndrome that is poorly responsive to antiparkinsonian medication with early development of postural instability and falls, a supranuclear gaze palsy, early dysarthria and dysphagia, frontal executive dysfunction and apathy. Life expectancy is reduced, with survival of on average 7 or 8 years from onset of symptoms.

Definition Proportion of deaths due to a specific cause in the population under study.

Prospective Cohort Study Definition Prospective Cohort Studies involve the identification and follow-up of individual patients who have received a treatment of interest.

Prospective Costing Definition When the costing of an intervention is done alongside a clinical trial.

Prostatitis Definition Prostatitis is considered an umbrella term with multiple categories of diagnosis. Basically, it is described as an inflammation of the prostate gland. Prostatitis only occurs in males because women do not have prostate glands. Prostatitis has been classified by the National Institute of Health (NIH) in four categories: Category 1: Acute abacterial prostatitis, Category 2: Chronic bacterial prostatitis, Category 3: Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS), Category 4: Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis.

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