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Showing posts with label risk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label risk. Show all posts
Sunday, July 08, 2012

paywalled: Phenotype and Polyp Landscape in Serrated Polyposis Syndrome: A Series of 100 Patients From Genetics Clinics (Lynch Syndrome...)

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 define: hyperplastic hyperplastic colon polyps What is a hyperplastic colon polyp?                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Prevalence of BRCA1 mutations among 403 women with triple-negative breast cancer: implications for genetic screening selection criteria: a Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group Study.

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Prevalence of BRCA1 mutations among 403 women with triple-negative breast cancer: implications for genetic screening selection criteria: a H...
Saturday, January 21, 2012

abstract: Anthropometric Measures (BMI, height, weight gain) and Risk of Ovarian Cancer Among BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers

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"....Height, weight, and BMI were not associated with the risk of ovarian cancer (P-trend ≥0.15). Also, there was no association betwe...
Saturday, January 14, 2012

Risks - When Too Much Vitamin D Is Too Much - NYTimes.com

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references Johns Hopkins University study  published in The American Journal of Cardiology.
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) ...
Friday, January 06, 2012

open access: BMJ - Identifying women with suspected ovarian cancer in primary care: derivation and validation of algorithm | BMJ

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Objective   To derive and validate an algorithm to estimate the absolute risk of having ovarian cancer in women with and without sympto...
Monday, August 08, 2011

full free access: Hormonal Contraception—What Kind, When, and for Whom?

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Continuing Medical Education Abstract Method Selective review of the literature. Results COCs su...
Friday, July 29, 2011

Most women carrying cancer genes (BRCA 1/2) take action: study | Reuters

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Breast density 'linked to specific types of breast cancer' | International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

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"Given that the magnitude of the association with breast density is strong across all breast cancer subtypes and particularly for [oest...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

abstract - Ovarian cancer risk assessment (OCRA): a tool for preoperative assessment

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Objectives The objective of this pilot study was to determine if the combination of CA 125, menopausal status and prealbumin can be use...
Friday, July 22, 2011

The Numbers Game: The Risky Business of Projecting Risk (response/reference breast cancer paper)

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Note: worth paying attention to the stats
Thursday, July 21, 2011

News - Women’s Height Is Linked to Cancer Risk, Say Researchers

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Thursday, July 07, 2011

Full text: The relative risk of second primary cancers: a retrospective cohort study

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"Within the female cohort, the relative risk of a second cancer was higher for those diagnosed with head and neck cancer, colorectal ca...

What's My Risk? | Cancer Risk Tool from OncoLink - questionnaire

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

HRT Post Oophorectomy Adds No Breast Cancer Risk  : Internal Medicine News

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"....The PROSE database was developed by 20 centers in the United States and Europe who identified and prospectively followed women w...
Sunday, June 05, 2011

extract: Cancer Risk Assessment in Lynch Syndrome, June 8, 2011 — JAMA

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Friday, April 22, 2011

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

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

abstract: Rotating night shift work and risk of ovarian cancer

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Conclusions: In this large prospective study, there was no association between duration of rotating night shift work and risk of ovarian c...
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 ...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Women's Health - Full Text: Preventing familial breast and ovarian cancer: major research advances with little implication

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Preventing familial breast and ovarian cancer: major research advances with little implication Primary prevention of hereditary breast–ova...