For example, the time of day when a person receives X-ray or drug treatment for cancer can affect treatment benefits and ultimately mean the difference between life and death.

例如，癌症患者每天接受X线治疗或药物治疗的时间会影响治疗的效果，并最终意味着生和死的。

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At present and for a quite long time later, our country does not possess any conditions for abolishing death penalty, however, this does not mean we can do nothing towards it.

我国在当前及今后相当长一段时期内，还不具备废除死刑的条件，但这并不意味着我们不能有任何的作为。

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Not only will it cost you time, it could mean a matter of life or death.

不仅将它的成本你的时间，这可能意味着一个生死攸关的问题。

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The mean survival time from diagnosis to death is 18 months for most pancreatic cancers.

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However, he says that does not need to mean the death of the book town any time soon.

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The attorney wanted an autopsy performed to determine if Carvel was mentally competent at the time of her death. (This would mean examining her brain.) When it comes to estate planning, your mistakes live long after you die and often make life difficult for the heirs you wanted to benefit.

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