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survival

noun as in continuation

Strong match

noun as in something that survives

noun as in endurance

Strongest match

Strong match

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Seven months ago in Manhattan, I went into cardiac arrest, and my wife was told I had a less than 1% chance of survival.

“It was all survival work, but being a city tour guide also taught me to hustle,” he says.

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Overall survival, the other co-primary endpoint of the trial, continues to be followed and will be reported at a later date.

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For patients with advanced cancers, the increased survival from such a universal vaccine could provide a priceless benefit: more time.

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"Hormone therapy, which is what we've been offering patients for 30 years, has not improved survival and neither has anything else. That makes these findings a real game changer."

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