Sentences with phrase «white patients underwent»

Over the full study period, 62 % of black patients and 74 % of white patients underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy (P <.001).

The cumulative incidence among black patients undergoing ALND was 18 %, compared with 12.2 % for white patients undergoing that procedure.

Not exact matches

Together, Anda and Felitti surveyed a group of more than 17,000 Kaiser patients in Southern California — mostly white, middle - aged, and well - educated — about traumatic experiences they had undergone in childhood.

In a paper appearing in Scientific Reports, the researchers showed that the device could accurately determine whether white blood cell levels were too low, in a study of 11 patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Cancer patients undergoing stem cell transplantation face two hurdles: the short - term challenge of having enough white blood cells to fight possible infections immediately following the transplant and the long - term challenge of sustaining stem cell function to maintain immunity.

Secondary results of the study showed that independent of age and disease stage, black and American Indian women were approximately 35 percent less likely to undergo surgery than white women, and uninsured and Medicaid - insured patients were roughly 50 percent less likely to undergo surgery than privately insured patients.

Seven patients underwent a blood cell selection process (apheresis) to harvest a certain population of their white blood cells.

According to a study published last year — which looked at genetic testing among 3,000 breast cancer patients in Pennsylvania and Florida — black patients were less than half as likely as white patients to undergo genetic testing.

Among those undergoing SLN biopsy, the rates were 8.8 % for black patients and 6.8 % for white patients.

A study found that black women were less likely to undergo sentinel lymph node biopsy; photo: biopsy performed on a white patient

Two hundred and eighty six patients on 12 different NSAIDs underwent indium - 111 white cell faecal excretion studies to assess the prevalence and severity of intestinal inflammation.