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Showing posts with label surveillance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label surveillance. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

paywalled: Causes of death of mutation carriers in Finnish Lynch syndrome families.

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Fam Cancer. 2012 Jun 9. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract Lynch syndrome (LS) is an autosomal dominant cancer syndrome including increa...
Friday, February 11, 2011

Ovarian cancer patient surveillance after curative-intent initial treatment

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Tuesday, February 08, 2011

full free access: Journal of Oncology — Review Article: Potential Markers for Detection & Monitoring of Ovarian Cancer Feb 8, 2011

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  Note:  pdf file Conclusions and Emerging Trends in Biomarkers for Ovarian Cancer "The ultimate aim of effective screening techni...
Friday, February 04, 2011

(no abstract) How Surgeon Age Affects Surveillance After Curative-Intent Primary Treatment for Ovarian Carcinoma

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How Surgeon Age Affects Surveillance After Curative-Intent Primary Treatment for Ovarian Carcinoma A.Y. Patel 1 , F. Gao 2 , D.G. Mutch ...
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...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

(full free access) Foreword: Today’s discoveries to tomorrow’s care: cancer biomarkers revisited

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1) link:  Themed content: Using biomarkers to individualize and monitor cancer therapy - Foreword 2) link : Epigenomics and ovarian car...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Making comparative effectiveness work in cancer care - Cancer Network

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Note: discusses cost eg. BRCA's - surgery vs surveillance

SGO White Paper Ovarian Education Campaign [INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH-Herzog/Coleman] Project I-Background, Screening & Surveillance

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Note: this journal requires subscription ($$$)  Abstract Ovarian cancer is a heterogeneous, rapidly progressive, highly lethal dise...
Sunday, August 08, 2010

abstract: How to follow-up patients with epithelial ovarian cancer : Current Opinion in Oncology

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How to follow-up patients with epithelial ovarian cancer Miller, Rowan E; Rustin, Gordon JS Abstract Purpose of review: Despite optimal ...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

One to 2-Year Surveillance Intervals Reduce Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Families With Lynch Syndrome

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Conclusions With surveillance intervals of 1–2 years, members of families with Lynch syndrome have a lower risk of developing CRC than...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Characteristics and prognosis of coexisting adnexa malignancy with endometrial cancer: a single institution review of 51 cases

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CONCLUSION: Our results showed that OS and PFS of synchronous primary ovarian cancer in patients with endometrial cancer is better than t...
Tuesday, June 08, 2010

One to 2-Year Surveillance Intervals Reduce Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Families With Lynch Syndrome

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Background & Aims Two percent to 4% of all cases of colorectal cancer (CRC) are associated with Lynch syndrome. Dominant clustering of ...
Tuesday, March 09, 2010

1-2-year Surveillance Intervals Reduce Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Families with Lynch Syndrome.

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CONCLUSIONS: With surveillance intervals of 1-2 years, members of families with Lynch Syndrome have a lower risk of developing CRC than with...
Sunday, March 07, 2010

Patient Surveillance After Ovarian Cancer Treatment Is Variable: Presented at SSO (article)

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"New data indicate that there is marked variability in the intensity of patient surveillance after curative-intent treatment for ovaria...
Sunday, January 17, 2010

abstract: An effect from anticipation also in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer families without identified mutations.(Lynch Syndrome)

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Note: this would apply to the many with no known mutations in the many genetic syndromes (eg. BRCA, Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome...) "This ob...