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Showing posts with label at-risk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label at-risk. Show all posts
Saturday, July 07, 2012

Occupational cancer in Britain - ovarian, breast and cervical

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Occupational cancer in Britain "The following paper reviews the three cancers in women: breast, cervical and ovarian. There is no ...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

March 2011: Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice | Full text | Lynch Syndrome - is breast cancer a feature?

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Background The debate on whether or not breast cancer is in the tumor spectrum for Lynch syndrome produces a conundrum for healthcare prov...
Monday, February 28, 2011

full free access (pdf) A nomogram for estimating the probability of ovarian cancer

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Note:   see Table 1       Distribution of age in years, morphology index ultrasound score, and serum CA125 level among patients with benign...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

full free access: The relative risk of second primary cancers in Queensland, Australia: a retrospective cohort study

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Wednesday, December 01, 2010

full free access: Sex Hormones and Colorectal Cancer: What Have We Learned So Far? — J. Natl. Cancer Inst.

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Sunday, October 03, 2010

Increased risk of other cancers for relatives of women with early onset breast cancer | e! Science News

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Published: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 18:23 in Health & Medicine   Close relatives of women diagnosed with breast cancer ...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Longer HRT Duration Tied to Lower Colon Cancer Risk

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"It is possible that widespread use of HRT is partially responsible for the reductions that we have observed in distal large bowel can...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

JCO: Lettter: Risk of Arterial Thrombosis Not Increased by Sorafenib or Sunitinib

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Note: analyzing the research including a reference to Avastin
Friday, August 13, 2010

Assessing Women at High Risk of Breast Cancer: A Review of Risk Assessment Models: Abstract and Introduction

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".......In addition to increasing the risks of breast and ovarian cancers, germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 are associated wi...
Sunday, August 08, 2010

A prospective study of dietary acrylamide intake and the risk of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancers — Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention

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WHO website: What is acrylamide? Abstract Background Acrylamide is a probable human carcinogen formed during cooking of many common fo...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010

How well can a screening test predict disease risk? « Genomes Unzipped

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Characteristics and survival associated with ovarian cancer diagnosed as first cancer and ovarian cancer diagnosed subsequent to a previous cancer

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Abstract Objective: To examine the risk of subsequent primary ovarian cancer among women diagnosed previously with cancer (subsequent co...
Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Abstract: Red meat and colorectal cancer: a critical summary of prospective epidemiologic studies.

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"Colinearity between red meat intake and other dietary factors (e.g. Western lifestyle, high intake of refined sugars and alcohol, low ...

Abstract: The role of body mass index, physical activity, and diet in colorectal cancer recurrence and survival: a review of the literature.

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"In conclusion, only a paucity of data is available about the effect of dietary and other lifestyle factors on colorectal cancer recur...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Study Indicates Ginkgo biloba Does Not Reduce the Risk of Cancer [NCCAM Research Results]

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Note: age specific/comments

full access: Risk of urothelial bladder cancer in Lynch syndrome is increased, in particular among MSH2 mutation carriers

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"In eight out of 21 patients with bladder cancer , this was their first cancer diagnosis, whereas at this stage five of them ...
Sunday, July 04, 2010

Risk factors for carcinoma of the fallopian tube in women with and without a germline BRCA mutation

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Reminder on stats: < 1.0 is decreased risk; > 1.0 is increased risk; OR=overall risk; edited some stats for ease of reading - see abs...
Saturday, June 12, 2010

Oral contraceptive use and breast or ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1/2 carriers: A meta-analysis

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CONCLUSIONS: OC users carrying an ascertained BRCA1/2 mutation have a reduced risk of ovarian cancer, proportional to the duration of use. ...

Menopausal hormone therapy and risk of colorectal cancer in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition

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"Our results show no significant association of estrogen-only or estrogen plus progestin therapy with colorectal cancer risk."
Thursday, June 10, 2010

Risk of endometrial cancer for women diagnosed with HNPCC-related colorectal carcinoma

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Note: this issue is important as early-age diagnoses in Lynch Syndrome is common "Approximately one quarter of women diagnosed wit...