Sentences with phrase «compared overall cancer risk»

For PKD recipients, the investigators compared overall cancer risk to that in the general population.

Not exact matches

Researchers compared overall survival and death due to prostate cancer, fatal heart attack and all other causes in a group of 206 men with unfavorable risk prostate cancer who were randomized to receive RT alone or RT and six months of ADT.

Compared with the general population, overall cancer risk was increased 48 % in PKD recipients, while the overall cancer risk in non-PKD recipients was increased 86 %.

Tang et al (2010) evaluated 5 prospective cohorts and 8 case - control studies and found that overall those with the highest levels of coffee consumption had a 27 percent higher risk for lung cancer compared to never drinkers or those with least consumption.

So, compared to people eating about less than an apple a day, those eating one or more had a 5 % decrease in overall cancer risk across the board.