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Showing posts with label breast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breast. Show all posts
Sunday, March 25, 2012

open access - Revie: Unravelling modifiers of breast and ovarian cancer risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: update on genetic modifiers - Journal of Internal Medicine (references to Lynch Syndrome/Familial Melanoma)

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Unravelling modifiers of breast and ovarian cancer risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: update on genetic modifiers - Journal of Inte...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012

open access: Breast manifestations of systemic diseases

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Metastases from other solid organ primaries "Breast cancer is the most common type of primary malignancy in women, but metastatic spr...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

JMIR-Results of an Online Community (FORCE) Needs Assessment for Psychoeducational Interventions Among Partners of Hereditary Breast Cancer Previvors and Survivors (specifically breast cancer)

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Clinical Characteristics "Clinical characteristics assessed included whether respondents’ partners had a diagnosis of breast cance...

Researchers find discordance between standard human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) testing and HER2 status reported on Oncotype DX

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"“Our study on HER2 discordance highlights the fact that one test cannot provide all the answers [regarding optimal treatment for wo...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Risk of cancer other than breast or ovarian in individuals with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations

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"....The present study strengthens the known links between BRCA2 and pancreatic and prostate cancer, but throws further doubt onto a...
Monday, January 09, 2012

open access: Jan 2012 - Assessing the malignant potential of ovarian inclusion cysts in postmenopausal women within the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS): a prospective cohort study

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Objective  To evaluate the malignant potential of ultrasound-detected ovarian inclusion cysts in the development of ovarian cancer (OC) ...
Saturday, July 02, 2011

abstract: Outcomes for Patients who Develop Both Breast and Colorectal Cancer

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BACKGROUND: Patients diagnosed with both breast and colorectal cancer are not uncommon and will likely be seen more often as the populatio...
Friday, April 22, 2011

Genetic variants associated with breast-cancer risk : The Lancet Oncology (Steven A Narod)

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Lynch Syndrome Hereditary Cancers Public Awareness Day | Fight Colorectal Cancer

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Increased Risk of Cancer If a parent carries a Lynch mutation there is a 50-50 chance that their child will inherit Lynch syndrome with 60 ...
Monday, February 07, 2011

abstract - BRCA1 mutations and colorectal cancer in Poland

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"This study suggests that BRCA1 mutations may be associated with early-onset of colorectal cancer."
Tuesday, February 01, 2011

FDA review indicates possible association between breast implants and a rare cancer anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) - lymphoma

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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Lancet (abstract) Retraction: validation of gene signatures that predict the response of breast cancer to neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a substudy of the EORTC 10994/BIG 00-01 clinical trial

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Note: full details available to subscribers ($$$)  Comment Retraction—validation of gene signatures that predict the response of bre...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

(Avastin)Bevacizumab in Breast Cancer: Genentech Submits Response to FDA

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

full free access: Absence of microsatellite instability in mucinous carcinomas of the breast (Lynch Syndrome)

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Note : some key excerpt; see also Supplemental Tables 1-4 "Microsatellite instability ( MSI ) is a form of genetic instability that ...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

full free access The Lancet: Effect of tamoxifen and radiotherapy in women with locally excised ductal carcinoma in situ: long-term results from the UK/ANZ DCIS trial : The Lancet Oncology

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Monday, January 10, 2011

National Guideline Clearinghouse | New This Week focus on breast cancer (New Zealand)

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New Zealand Guidelines Group ...
Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Susan G. Komen Foundation Elbows Out Charities Over Use Of The Word 'Cure'

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Sunday, October 10, 2010

recruiting: Clinical Outcomes in Hereditary Cancer - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov BRCA/pancreatic/breast

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Purpose Compare the clinical characteristics and post-surgical outcomes (overall survival)of pancreatic cancer patients of Ashkenazi desce...
Saturday, October 02, 2010

abstract: Does Neoadjuvant (Avastin) Bevacizumab Increase Surgical Complications in Breast Surgery?

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Conclusions Cisplatin/bevacizumab and cisplatin alone neoadjuvant therapy resulted in a significant number of postoperative complications....
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

EvidenceUpdates- A randomized controlled trial of home-based exercise for cancer-related fatigue in women during and after chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy

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CONCLUSIONS: Our home-based exercise intervention had no effect on fatigue or related symptoms associated with cancer treatment. The optima...