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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Breast -- Cancer -- Risk factors."”.
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Missed Breast Cancer Risk Factors and Clinicopathologic Features: A Six-Year Analysis of Data from a Single Institution
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in women, but mortality has been consistently decreasing due to the introduction of screening mammography and continual innovations in treatment [1,13,15]. However, cancers missed on screening and diagnostic imaging studies …
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Rastreamento do câncer de mama: aspectos relacionados ao médico
… conducts, beliefs, opinions and knowledge on breast cancer. Listings of the specialists were obtained from their respective societies and the Regional Medical Council. Questionnaires were sent out to 582 physicians considered as eligible for the purposes of the study. The main aspects …
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Mammographic breast density as a mediator and surrogate marker for breast cancer risk
… density have a four to six-fold increased risk of breast cancer when compared to the ones with the least dense breasts. Mammographic breast density has also been associated with a wide array of factors related to the risk of breast cancer including age, menopausal status, age at first live …
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Are Women Aware? : Factors Related to Women's Knowledge of Risk and Preventive Factors in Breast Cancer
… a one-in-eight chance of being diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. In the past decade, there has only been a decrease of less than 1% in breast cancer morbidity and mortality rates. Breast cancer continues to be a feared disease that ravages even its survivors, and grips many with …
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The LEGACY Girls Hormone Pilot Study: Implications for Breast Cancer Prevention through Exploring Hormone Biomarkers in Young Girls
… inserted myself in the role of an intern at the Cancer Prevention Institute of California (CPIC). There, I completed 300 fieldwork hours on a research study called the LEGACY Girls Hormone Pilot Study. This pilot study seeks to gather preliminary data on urinary hormones steroids in developing …
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An exploratory analysis of large health cohort study using Bayesian networks
… Nurses' Health Study (NHS), with the focus on breast cancer. We explored the data from the NHS using BN to look for breast cancer risk factors, including a group of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNP). We found no association between the SNPs and breast cancer, but found a dependency between …
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CONTRAST-ENHANCED MAMMOGRAPHY: THE EMERGENT CONTRAST-ENHANCED BREAST IMAGING MODALITY
… (CEM), graded according to 2022 CEM-dedicated Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) lexicon, is associated with breast density, menstrual status, and age. Methods: This bi-centric retrospective analysis included CEM examinations performed for second-level assessment of suspicious …
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Psychosocial Predictors of Breast Awareness Behaviors
Whether women should practice breast self-examination (BSE) has been debated for decades. Current guidelines promote understanding how one's breasts normally look and feel through the practice of BSE or informal self-examination practices (referred to as breast awareness). This study investigated …
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EXAMINING BACKGROUND PARENCHYMAL ENHANCEMENT AS A NOVEL BIOMARKER FOR BREAST CANCER RISK IN BLACK WOMEN
Although breast cancer mortality rates have declined over recent decades, it remains the second leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States. Stark racial disparities persist, with Black women more likely than White women to be diagnosed at later stages and with more aggressive …
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Breast Cancer Risk in Women with Breast Bilateral Asymmetry: Machine Learning Based Risk Analysis and Mitigation through Developing a Framework for Customized Bra Design
Breast cancer is the most prevalent form of cancer globally, accounting for 12.5% of all new cases annually. Research has found a significant correlation between breast bilateral asymmetry and an increased risk of cancer, with women diagnosed with breast cancer having higher levels of bilateral …
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Genetic polymorphisms in breast cancer in relation to risk and prognosis
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women living in Sweden and the second most common cancer in the rest of the world. The risk of developing breast cancer is modified by environment, lifestyle, genetics and a combination of these factors. In this thesis work the combination of lifestyle and …
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The Relationship Between Select Variables and the Breast Cancer Screening Practices of a Convenient Sample of African-American Women From Grambling State University and the Willis-Knighton Neighborhood Clinic
… of mortality for African-American women is breast cancer. The national breast cancer mortality rate for African-American women is 28.0 per 100,000. However, African-American women residing in Northwest Louisiana have a breast cancer mortality rate of 34.5 per 100,000 (American Cancer …
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Comparing women's unprompted and prompted knowledge of breast and cervical cancer risk factors and symptoms in Sub- Saharan Africa
Breast and cervical cancer are leading causes of female cancer morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Despite the high burden of disease, women’s knowledge of evidence-based risk factors and symptoms remains low. To adequately address the apparent knowledge deficits, the underlying …
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Risk-Factor Induced Changes In The Breast Microenvironment Facilitate Inflammatory Breast Cancer Progression and Lymphovascular Invasion
<p>Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a rapidly progressing, rare and highly lethal form of breast cancer. IBC is a clinical diagnosis, requiring >1/3 involvement on the affected breast and/or skin by erythema, and disease onset of < 6 months. The clinical symptoms of IBC vary in severity and …
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Women Receiving Genetic Counseling for Breast Cancer Risk: Cancer Worry, Psychological Distress, and Risk Recall Accuracy
… wherein women receiving genetic counseling for breast cancer risk were randomized into two groups. Subjects receiving an audiotaped recording of their genetic consultation (tape group) were compared to subjects who also had a genetic consultation but did not receive an audiotaped recording of it …
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Analysis of The RING Domain And BRCT Repeats of BRCA1
Mutations within BRCA1 often contribute to breast cancer susceptibility. Many of these mutations cluster within two highly conserved regions that may be important for BRCA1's functions: the RING domain and the BRCT repeats. BRCA1's RING domain has E3 ubiquitin ligase activity, which is greatly …