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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Cancer surveillance"”.
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Cognitive and emotional barriers to colorectal cancer surveillance: Increasing screening rates within the community
<p>Background: The rate of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in the United States continues to be low, allowing colorectal cancers to remain undiagnosed and mortality rates to remain high. Current literature points to lack of education, healthcare access, and physician counseling as key barriers to …
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Chlorination disinfection by-products in drinking water and risk of pancreatic cancer.
… water on the risk of developing pancreatic cancer. The study was based on the case-control component of the National Enhanced Cancer Surveillance System. Incident cases and frequency-matched population controls recruited between 1994 and 1997 from six Canadian provinces were used to estimate …
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Psychological and Sociodemographic Predictors of Psychological Distress in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genetic Testing Participants within a Community Based Genetic Screening Program
… in BRCA1 and BRCA2, the first two breast cancer susceptibility genes identified, carry as much as an 85% lifetime risk of developing breast, ovarian or other cancers. Genetic testing for mutations in these two genes has recently become commercially available. There have been varying …
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The association between oral health, related bacteria and gastrointestinal cancer risk and progression
Cancer is a worldwide public health burden, with an overall annual incidence of 18.1 million new cancer cases and 9.6 million deaths each year reported in 2018. Approximately one-third of these cases were attributable to cancers of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Cancer incidence and mortality …
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Ambient Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Exposure and Breast Cancer Risk in a Population-Based Canadian Case-Control Study
… investigating ambient PAH exposures and breast cancer risk. Additionally, PAHs have seldom been modelled at the population-level for epidemiological application, and current methods for assessment of long-term exposure are limited. This thesis evaluated associations between long-term residential …
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Genetic Counselor Utilization and Interpretation of Somatic Tumor Testing In Evaluation For Lynch Syndrome
<p>Lynch syndrome (LS) is a hereditary cancer predisposition syndrome characterized by increased risk for colorectal and uterine cancers. Individuals with pathogenic variants in the mismatch repair (MMR) genes (<em>MLH1</em>, <em>MSH2/EPCAM</em>, <em>MSH6</em>, <em>PMS2</em>) are diagnosed with LS …
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Screening Adherence and Emotional Adjustment of Daughters of Breast Cancer Patients
<p>Women at high risk for breast cancer oftentimes also experience psychological vulnerably related to experiences of cancer in their family, high bereavement rates and their own uncertainties regarding if and when they may develop the disease. This research sought to evaluate psychological …
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Second primary cancers following breast cancer in the general population and in BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variant carriers
Background Second primary cancer (SPC) risks in breast cancer (BC) survivors carrying BRCA1 or BRCA2 pathogenic variants (PVs) are uncertain. There is also little evidence for how SPC risks following BC vary by sociodemographic factors, treatments, or the pathology of the first BC. My objectives …
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Disparities in breast cancer subtype, staging, and access to mammography services in the Lower Mississippi Delta Region
… as a whole. It also has far higher breast cancer mortality rates than the nation. Black women in the Region have higher breast cancer mortality rates than white women in the Delta Region and have higher breast cancer mortality rates than black women in other parts of the country. More …
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Cancer reporting: timeliness analysis and process reengineering
Introduction: Cancer registries collect tumor-related data to monitor incident rates and support population-based research. A common concern with using population-based registry data for research is reporting timeliness. Data timeliness have been recognized as an important data characteristic by …
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Surveillance Imaging Following Curative-Intent Surgery for Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: A Systematic Review
… patients remain at risk for recurrence of lung cancer or for development of second primary lung cancer (SPLC). While periodic surveillance may detect early stage recurrence or SPLC, the effectiveness of surveillance has not been established. Additionally, current practice guidelines conflict in …