end-stage
adjective
: being or occurring in the final stages of a terminal disease or condition
end-stage renal disease
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The team plans to begin a clinical trial next year to test the idea in people with end-stage liver disease.
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Emily Mullin, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
Some studies have identified certain triggers, including severe heat, sweating, end-stage kidney disease, and a recent organ transplant.1
Grover's disease affects about 0.1% of the population and is most likely to affect older white people assigned male at birth.
—Francisco J. Rivera Rosario, Health, 8 Aug. 2024
Although greater use of split liver transplants would increase overall survival among people with end-stage liver disease, the technical complexity can result in additional complications for recipients during and following surgery.
—Evelyn Tenenbaum and Jed Adam Gross, STAT, 8 Aug. 2024
It can also be referred to as advanced lung cancer or end-stage lung cancer due to the severity of symptoms and higher risk of serious complications.1
Lung cancer metastasis (spread) usually doesn’t occur in the early stage of the disease.
—Joy Emeh, Health, 28 July 2024
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Emily Mullin, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
Some studies have identified certain triggers, including severe heat, sweating, end-stage kidney disease, and a recent organ transplant.1
Grover's disease affects about 0.1% of the population and is most likely to affect older white people assigned male at birth.
—Francisco J. Rivera Rosario, Health, 8 Aug. 2024
Although greater use of split liver transplants would increase overall survival among people with end-stage liver disease, the technical complexity can result in additional complications for recipients during and following surgery.
—Evelyn Tenenbaum and Jed Adam Gross, STAT, 8 Aug. 2024
It can also be referred to as advanced lung cancer or end-stage lung cancer due to the severity of symptoms and higher risk of serious complications.1
Lung cancer metastasis (spread) usually doesn’t occur in the early stage of the disease.
—Joy Emeh, Health, 28 July 2024
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end-stage
adjective
: being or occurring in the final stages of a terminal disease or condition
end-stage liver failure
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