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Hello! I´m Mariana. I joined Italki because I want to improve my English, and specially understand some of the articles I have to read for my work. I´d love to talk to someone who works on the same field I do, which is human health, hematology and oncology.
There´s an article I´m reading now which says just one time ´´poorest-risk group´´, talking about a group of leukemia patients. I need to know if this means ´´Low risk´´ or the opposite: ´´high risk´´
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Hello!
Hello! I´m Mariana. I joined Italki because I want to improve my English, and especially understand some of the articles I have to read for my work. I´d love to talk to someone who works on the same field I do, which is human health, hematology and oncology.
There´s an article I´m reading now which says just one time ´´poorest-risk group´´, talking about a group of leukemia patients. I need to know if this means ´´Low risk´´ or the opposite: ´´high risk´´
estos pacientes son "high risk" --- más probable que mueran que vivan
puedo ayudarte a veces, trabajo en la misma area
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Mariana, I believe that it means "the group, for which the benefits (of the treatment being considered) do NOT warrant the potential danger", saying nothing about the actual probability of the negative consequences.
I have found an academic article which proves my point of view:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3385022/#__sec6title (see "Results" section).
P.S. You'd better use "Ask a question" to ask, because the "notebook" thing is for corrections and nobody sees your question there.
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