Sentences with phrase «cent of patients treated»

The response to treatment was recorded as good (no significant residual complaints) in 40 per cent or more of patients taking 100 - 150 mg pyridoxine daily and in 60 per cent of patients treated with 160 - 200 mg daily.

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The team studied a lung cancer drug called erlotinib which can be used to treat between 10 and 30 per cent of lung cancer patients.

Since the international Delta trial began in 1992, the death rate of patients who received «combination therapy» has fallen by 38 per cent compared with patients who were treated with a single drug.

The risk of re-admission was around 30 per cent lower if patients were treated with long - acting injections compared to their receiving the same antipsychotic medication but orally.

Ivacaftor is the first drug to treat the underlying causes of cystic fibrosis rather than just its symptoms and is currently approved for patients with the «celtic gene» mutation carried by about four per cent of all patients and 10 - 15 per cent of patients in Ireland.

When compared to patients who received supportive treatment only, 67 per cent of the interferon - treated patients were still alive at 21 days in contrast to 19 per cent of the former patients.

Around 40 to 50 per cent of melanoma patients have a faulty BRAF gene and they can be treated with the targeted drugs vemurafenib or dabrafenib.

One reason is that the majority - 65 - 75 per cent - of lung cancer patients are diagnosed when the cancer has already become aggressive, which makes it more difficult to treat successfully.

In the 52 patients treated with honey, 91 per cent of wounds were rendered sterile within 7 days.