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Showing posts with label high risk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label high risk. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 09, 2012

paywalled: Diathermy-Induced Injury May Affect Detection of Occult Tubal Lesions at Risk-Reducing Salpingo-Oophorectomy

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Diathermy: In the natural sciences , the term diathermy means "electrically induced heat" and is commonly used for muscl...
Monday, April 30, 2012

paywalled: Individuals at high-risk for pancreatic cancer development: Management options and the role of surgery (Lynch Syndrome, breast/ovarian BRCA 2....)

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 Blogger's Note: while full access is by subscription only, key words indicate 'high risk' categories not limited to Lynch Synd...
Saturday, April 21, 2012

abstract: Unusual DNA mismatch repair-deficient tumors in Lynch syndrome: a report of new cases and review of the literature.

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Unusual DNA mismatch repair-deficient tumors in Lynch syndrome: a report of new cases and review of the literature. Hum Pathol. 2012 Apr 1...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

abstract: BRCA genetic testing of individuals from families with low prevalence of cancer: experiences of carriers and implications for population screening : small study 14 Ashkenazi Jewish women

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BRCA genetic testing of individuals from families with low prevalence of cancer: experiences of carriers and implications for population scr...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

abstract: Presence of key findings in the medical record prior to a documented high-risk diagnosis.

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Presence of key findings in the medical record prior to a documented high-risk diagnosis. Abstract Background Failure or delay in di...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

abstract: Factors Associated With Pain Among Ambulatory Patients With Cancer With Advanced Disease at a Comprehensive Cancer Center (Center for Patient Safety, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)

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Factors Associated With Pain Among Ambulatory Patients With Cancer With Advanced Disease at a Comprehensive Cancer Center Conclusion: You...

Lynch Syndrome: Don't Miss It (Transcript including slides))

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Blogger's Opinion/Note: guidelines indicate varying ages of screening depending on organ assuming there are screening mechanisms (eg. o...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

A Risk-Adapted Strategy of Adjuvant Paclitaxel/Carboplatin in Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer: Time-Dependent Effect of 4 versus 6 Cycles on Outcome.

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Abstract Objective : We investigated the efficacy of risk-adapted adjuvant paclitaxel/carboplatin chemotherapy in early-stage ovarian c...
Saturday, January 14, 2012

Reported referral for genetic counseling or BRCA 1/2 testing among United States physicians: a vignette-based study.

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 Blogger's Note: in the absence of the full paper ($$$) conclusions should be viewed with caution (eg. detailed reasons, albeit su...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

open access: Australasian - Adequacy of risk-reducing gynaecologic surgery in BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers and other women at high risk of pelvic serous cancer

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Blogger's Note : see Table 2 for the types of surgery and professional designation of who performed the surgery "All women who ha...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

The predicted truncation from a (ovarian) cancer-associated variant of the MSH2 initiation codon alters activity of the MSH2-MSH6 mismatch repair complex

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Abstract Lynch syndrome (LS) is caused by germline mutations in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes. MMR recognizes and repairs DNA mismat...
Sunday, August 07, 2011

Landmark ovarian cancer discovery as scientists unveil high risk gene (RAD51D) : Cancer Research UK

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Sunday 7 August 2011 Cancer Research UK Press Release Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have discovered that women who carry a fault...
Monday, July 04, 2011

Gynecologic Oncology: Highlights From Asco 2011

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

The Canadian Press: More testing coming for Ontario women at risk of contracting breast cancer

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Tuesday, May 03, 2011

Perspective: (U.S.) High-Risk Pools — Merely a Stopgap Reform | Health Policy and Reform

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Thursday, December 30, 2010

abstract: Satisfaction with ovarian carcinoma risk-reduction strategies among women at high risk for breast and ovarian carcinoma

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

M.R.I.’s Help Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer - NYTimes.com

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Friday, September 10, 2010

High detection rate of adenomas in familial colorectal cancer - Gut

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Conclusion The yield of colonoscopic surveillance in familial CRC is substantially higher than the yield of screening reported for the gene...
Tuesday, September 07, 2010

abstract: PET in women with high risk for breast or ovarian cancer : The Lancet Oncology

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Editorial: The Elusive Goal of Maintaining Population (Breast) Cancer Screening: It Is Time for a New Paradigm JNCI

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"The promise of breast cancer screening has fallen short of its goals because of its imprecision, failure to screen those at highest ri...