prognosis

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Hospice provides care for people with terminal illnesses with a prognosis of six months or less.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

Pancreatic cancer has a poor prognosis, with only about 10% of patients living longer than five years after diagnosis.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

She did not share details of her treatment plan, but said doctors had detected the cancer early and she had a "strong prognosis".

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

"She has a fantastic medical team, and her prognosis is excellent!"

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 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