In clinical trials, treatments are applied to a select population for whom they're intended.
"This is a very select population of patients," said Dr. Jeffrey Raizer, director of the medical neuro-oncology program at Northwestern University.
The objective of this study was to assess patient understanding of the potential benefits of perioperative statins in a select population already on chronic therapy.
If leukemia possessed stem cells, then — much like normal blood — its regenerative capacity may be contained exclusively within that select population.
The authorities were trying to confine opioids to a select population of pain patients who desperately needed them, but manufacturers were pushing legal boundaries — sometimes to the breaking point — to get their products out to a wider market.
Our aim was to retrospectively estimate feasibility, safety, and efficacy of the laparoscopic approach in the setting of gynecologic malignancy, given the high incidence of earlier abdominal surgery and pelvic radiation treatment in this select population.
In this upcoming webinar, participants will learn about "digital natives", whom Palfrey describes as a "select" population born after 1980 that processes and sees the world very differently than generations prior.
BMW has a long history of making motorcycles for a select population of riders willing to pay a premium for German engineering — and for mechanical innovations that reflect a nonconformist approach to suspension design and engine layout.
Such measures can be active or offensive, ranging from aggressive law enforcement (including the profiling of select population and age groups) to violent counterterrorist missions against cells, organizations, and leaders.
The good news: When they put Apple Watches on a select population of 51 atrial fibrillation patients who weren't moving around and were about to undergo a procedure to shock their irregular heartbeats brought back into rhythm, the algorithm worked well.
The effectiveness of the algorithm depends on the strategy used to select population (for next iteration) on the basis of previous information (current iteration).
