Glossary of Medical Terms  risk group  In medicine, risk groups
are used to describe people who are alike in important ways. For
example, patients with the same type of cancer may be divided
into different risk groups that depend on certain aspects of
their disease. These risk groups may be based on the patients’
chance of being cured (good versus poor) or the chance that
their disease will come back (high versus low). Treatment may be
based on which risk group a patient falls into. Risk groups can
also be used to describe people who share traits and behaviors
that affect their chance of developing a disease. For example,
people who do not smoke are in a lower risk group for lung
cancer than people who smoke.    • Bookmark   • Print      Find
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