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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"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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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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Awareness of cervical cancer risk factors and symptoms and lay beliefs amongst women recently diagnosed with cervical cancer in South Africa and Zimbabwe
… (SA) and Zimbabwe having nationwide cervical cancer screening and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programs, the incidence and mortality rates of cervical cancer remain high in these countries. We explored awareness of cervical cancer symptoms and risk factors as well as lay beliefs …
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Rastreamento do câncer de mama: aspectos relacionados ao médico
… 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 researched …
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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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The impact of age, exposure and genetics on homologous recombination at the engineered repeat sequence in mice
… recombination are associated with an increased risk of cancer. To study homologous recombination in vivo, we used Fluorescent Yellow Direct Repeat (FYDR) mice in which a homologous recombination event at a transgene yields a fluorescent cell. To study homologous recombination using FYDR mice, we …
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Are Women Aware? : Factors Related to Women's Knowledge of Risk and Preventive Factors in Breast Cancer
… 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 fear. …
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Geographical health data maps for Carle Foundation Hospital and the assessment of rural cancer rates in Illinois
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States and in the state of Illinois. With numerous research efforts put into finding the causes of cancers, many genomic cancer risk factors have been confirmed, e.g. the importance of HER2 gene in breast cancer growth. However, how the …
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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
… 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 clomid …
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CONTRAST-ENHANCED MAMMOGRAPHY: THE EMERGENT CONTRAST-ENHANCED BREAST IMAGING MODALITY
… CEM is associated with well-established breast cancer risk factors, being higher in women with higher breast density and pre-menopausal status.
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Creating A Welcoming, Inclusive, And Affirming Primary Care Environment For Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex And Asexual Patients
… had significant consequences including increased cancer risk factors and poorer health outcomes when compared to the cisgender, heterosexual community. Interventions are needed to increase the knowledge and cultural competency of providers, to create welcoming and safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ …
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Men Regarding Prostate Cancer in Thulamela municipality, Vhembe District
Prostate cancer is one of the men`s killer diseases globally and the number of fatalities attributed to it is on a rise. This study adopted a quantitative, cross-sectional descriptive survey design to investigate men's knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding prostate cancer in Thulamela …
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Tobacco carcinogen induced mouse lung adenocarcinoma cell lines as tools to identify novel lung cancer genes
Cancer bears a heavy socio-economic burden to both economically developed and developing societies. The incidence of cancer has been increasing over the years due to the aging of the population and the augmenting occurrence of established cancer risk factors such as tobacco smoking. Lung cancer is …
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Psychosocial Predictors of Breast Awareness Behaviors
… Data from 626 women without a history of breast cancer were used to investigate associations between psychosocial variables (e.g., anxiety, body dissatisfaction, cancer fatalism; religious beliefs and participation) and breast awareness behaviors (BSE frequency and proficiency, frequency of …
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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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Factors Influencing the Somatic Mutational Landscape of Ageing Squamous Epithelium
The incidences of many cancers vary substantially across the world, reflecting genetic differences between populations and exposure to environmental carcinogens. This is illustrated by keratinocyte skin cancers and oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma, which both develop from squamous epithelium, …
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Anal Cancer Risk Factor Management Practices and the Barriers and Facilitators of Addressing Anal Health in the HIV Primary Care Setting
<p>Background: The incidence of anal cancer is only 1-2 per 100,000 people in the general population, but in people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA), the incidence is far greater by about 80 times. This is a striking disproportion, and it is vital for the healthcare provider and healthcare system …
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Knowledge and attitudes towards prostate cancer screening among males at Dzingahe Village, Limpopo Province
Prostate cancer (PC) screening is a strategy to identify cancer before it causes symptoms. However, men’s participation in prostate cancer screening seems inadequate and remains a public health concern worldwide. This leads most men to be diagnosed with an advanced prostate cancer where cancer …
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