Natural history, complications and prognosis template

# Introduction to the Natural History, Complications and Prognosis Page
- The page name should be "(Disease name) natural history, complications and prognosis", with only the first letter of the title capitalized.
- Goal: To provide information on the natural progression of the disease without treatment, complications that occur as a result of the disease and its treatment, and the anticipated and actual outcomes of treatment.
- As with all microchapter pages linking to the main page, at the top of the edit box put {{CMG}}, your name template, and the microchapter navigation template you created at the beginning.
- Remember to create links within Wikidoc by placing ] around key words which you want to link to other pages. Make sure you make your links as specific as possible. For example if a sentence contained the phrase anterior spinal artery syndrome, the link should be to anterior spinal artery syndrome not anterior or artery or syndrome.  For more information on how to create links click here.
- Remember to follow the same format and capitalization of letters  as outlined in the template below.
- Remember this is not the section to put the history of the disease in time. This would be detailed in the historical perspective section.
- Remember this is not the section to put the history of the patient. This would be detailed in the diagnosis section, under history.
- You should include the name of the disease in the first sentence of every subsection.

# Overview
- The overview section should include the disease name in the first sentence.
- The goal is to summarize the entire page in several sentences. This section can be the same as the natural history, complications and prognosis segment on the overview page.
- To see an example, click here.

## Template
- First Sentences:
- Examples:
- Additional Sentences:
- Examples:

# Preferred Template Statements
- If left untreated, % of patients with  may progress to develop , , and .
- Common complications of  include , , and .
- Prognosis is generally excellent/good/poor, and the 1/5/10-year mortality/survival rate of patients with  is approximately %.
- Depending on the extent of the  at the time of diagnosis, the prognosis may vary. However, the prognosis is generally regarded as poor/good/excellent.

## Additional Sentences
- The presence of  is associated with a particularly  prognosis among patients with .
-  is associated with the most favorable prognosis.
- The prognosis varies with the  of tumor;  have the most favorable prognosis.

# Natural History
- The natural history of disease details how the disease progresses without treatment.
- Here are a few template sentences you can use: "The symptoms of (disease name) usually develop in the first/ second/ third decade of life, and start with symptoms such as ___. The symptoms of (disease name) typically develop ___ years after exposure to ___. Without treatment, the patient will develop symptoms of ___, which will/ may eventually lead to ___.

# Complications
- Using lists can be helpful for describing this section.
- You can use these template sentences;
"Complications that can develop as a result of (disease name) are ___ (describe in list form)".
"Complications that can develop as a result of the treatment of (disease name) are ___ (describe in list form).
Next to each complication, provide a brief one sentence description detailing the complication.
- "Complications that can develop as a result of (disease name) are ___ (describe in list form)".
- "Complications that can develop as a result of the treatment of (disease name) are ___ (describe in list form).
- Next to each complication, provide a brief one sentence description detailing the complication.
- For an example of the complications section in a natural history, complications and prognosis page, click here.

# Prognosis
- This section should detail the prognosis of the disease, both treated and untreated.
- Here are some template sentences; "The prognosis of (disease name) is poor/good with treatment. Without treatment, (disease name) will result in ___. (Disease name) is associated with a 1/5/10 year mortality of __ among patient with ______ (for example high grade lesions). The presence of ___ is associated with a particularly poor prognosis among patients with (disease name).
- For an example of a prognosis section within a natural history, complications and prognosis page, click here.