prognosis
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Doctors already examine patients and run comprehensive checks and tests to judge how unwell they are, and what their prognosis might be.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
"For a generally healthy person, the prognosis for lung cancer caught at such an early stage -- specifically a pulmonary nodule with no distant spread -- is absolutely favourable," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Pike’s prognosis is still unclear and her recovery will be a long one, the attorneys said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Others, however, are a bit skeptical of Nasser’s prognosis, arguing that the oil market may be able to recover a bit quicker.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Living in the twenty-first century gives a person a much better prognosis for treatment, but sometimes I wish I’d lived in an age before technology.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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He said that while doctors could never be certain with prognoses, the six-month criteria would be a "yard stick" to ensure that people were in the final stages of life.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
However, Yeo said most tumors with poor prognoses are not always locatable or accessible.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
Through the long, wild ride, there were peaks and troughs, months of uncertainty, bailout talks, near-misses and dire prognoses.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2023
It’s an island of hope in a sea of dim prognoses for urban life.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2022
It had been Mrs. Richardson who had held her, Mrs. Richardson who had heard all the doctors’ prognoses, the dire warnings about what might be in store for her.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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