Sentences with phrase «absolute numbers of cancer»

However, Professor La Vecchia said: «The absolute numbers of cancer deaths are likely to level off in the future.»

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The absolute risk this poses may be low — a chest X-ray only increases the risk of a fatal cancer by 1 in 200,000 — but it must be balanced against the large number of flights, and whether the risk is avoidable.

Therefore, the absolute number of women with high and low levels of cancer DNA in their blood in the analysis of progression - free survival was different from that of the overall survival analysis.

This resulted in a higher absolute number of aggressive prostate cancers in the dutasteride group than in the placebo group — even though the placebo group had a higher rate of prostate cancer.141 Thus, as we have seen elsewhere, e.g., rofecoxib (Vioxx ®), celecoxib (Celebrex ®), balance in biological processes is more beneficial than absolute interruption.)

This resulted in a higher absolute number of aggressive prostate cancers in the dutasteride group than in the placebo group — even though the placebo group had a higher rate of prostate cancer.145 (See above «Mechanisms through which 5α - reductase inhibitors promote prostate cancer»)(Neal, please make this a link to this section above) Thus, as we have seen elsewhere, e.g., rofecoxib (Vioxx ®), celecoxib (Celebrex ®), balance in biological processes is more beneficial than absolute interruption.)