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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"breast cancer survival"”.
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Needs assessment for personalized garments to improve quality of life in breast cancer care
… and treatment have significantly improved breast cancer survival rates, many patients continue to face ongoing emotional and physical challenges. These challenges may include diminished body image and difficulties with intimacy due to perceived changes in their bodies, which can impact …
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The Development of the Prognostic Breast Cancer Model PREDICT
Background: PREDICT Breast is an online prognostication and treatment benefit tool to aid clinical decision making for patients with early invasive breast cancer. Since its development in 2010, the model has shown a variety of prognostic outcomes among numerous studies. Due to improvements in …
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An investigation into the mechanisms of angiogenesis and breast cancer metastasis
Breast cancer survival rates have increased over the years due to early detection and therapeutic efficacy. However, after many years of what appears to be disease-free health, cancer can return in the form of a secondary metastatic tumour. Formation of new blood vessels is a crucial stage in the …
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Anti-Insulin Resistance Treatments Suppress Her2+ Breast Cancer Growth Via Altering Metabolism
… a significant risk factor for carcinogenesis and cancer death, including breast cancer. Our previous finding in patients showed that anti-insulin resistance treatments are associated with improved HER2<sup>+</sup> breast cancer survival of diabetic women. However, there were no transgenic mouse …
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Self-Presentational Concerns In Breast Cancer Survivors: Physical Activity and Efficacy Influences
With improving breast cancer survival rates, more women are dealing with the consequences of diagnosis and treatment. One major challenge breast cancer survivors face is a decreased body image. Despite growing literature to suggest that physical activity positively influences self-perceptions of …
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A Review and Comparison of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Screening in Costa Rica and Guatemala in the Context of the Historical Development and Healthcare Infrastructure of Each Country
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women worldwide. Costa Rica has rates of breast cancer and breast cancer survival comparable to those of highly developed nations and has had tremendous success in the prevention and treatment of the disease. Guatemala has made …
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Reshaping breast care services – a role for dietitians? Uptake and response to dietary intervention in postmenopausal women newly diagnosed with breast cancer
Breast cancer survival rates have risen dramatically over recent years with many women expected<br/>to survive their diagnosis and live long and fruitful lives. As a result ‘cancer survivorship’ has<br/>become of interest to health care providers who state that future services must be developed …
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A Tailored Exercise Program for Breast Cancer Survivors: An Examination of Body Weight and Health-Related Quality of Life
As breast cancer survival rates improve, more women will have to cope with the long term effects of breast cancer treatment. Weight gain, a common long term side effect of treatment, negatively affects breast cancer outcomes (Chlebowski, Aiello, & McTiernan, 2002; Rock et al., 1999). Very few …
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Outcome after breast cancer in Singapore and Malaysia
Breast cancer patients from Singapore and Malaysia have substantial differences in terms of overall survival which are not completely explained by tumor characteristics and treatment differences. Elderly Singaporean patients present with more advanced disease and are less likely to receive adequate …
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The Roles of Rap1 in Cancer Metastasis and Pancreatic Islet Beta Cell Function
… is still unclear. Rap1 has been implicated in cancer tumorigenesis, but its role in cancer invasion and metastasis is less understood. Rap1 signals to pathways involved in cell adhesion, migration, and survival, suggesting that Rap1 may promote several processes associated with metastasis. …
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Survival of breast cancer patients and the potential for better prognostication
Many factors influence the survival of patients with breast cancer. Tumour biology is likely the most important; secondly, the treatment options and the response to the treatment. Individuals with the same stage and similar pathological diagnoses can experience different clinical courses. Patient …
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The genetics of anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity in cancer patients
INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer makes up 25% of all cancers diagnosed worldwide. Despite an increasing yearly incidence, there has been a significant decrease in mortality owing to early diagnosis and advances in treatment. Anthracycline-based chemotherapy is a relatively low cost yet highly effective …
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Verbesserung der prognostischen Aussagekraft beim Mammakarzinom durch AgNOR-Analyse von MIB-1-positiven Tumorzellen
… staining were applied on a series of 89 cases of breast cancer with an 8-year follow-up period. The mean MIB-1 immunopositivity (MIB-1mean) was evaluated immunohistometrically on paraffin sections using a TV image analysis system CM-2 (Hund, Wetzlar, Germany). Later, a combined MIB-1/AgNOR …
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Treatment outcomes of young patients with invasive breast cancer treated radically at Groote Schuur Hospital from 2013-2017: A single centre study
… outcomes of young patients with invasive breast cancer treated radically at Groote Schuur Hospital from 2013 to 2017: A single centre study Background: Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer- related deaths globally, and the commonest cancer in women under 40 years. There is …
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Genetic factors in childhood cancer. Associations between tumors in childhood and adulthood, and prevalence of germline TP53 mutations
The etiology of childhood cancer is largely unknown. Approximately 1-10% of all childhood tumors are associated with known cancer predisposition syndromes. However, the contribution may be underestimated due to the failure to detect patients with genetic susceptibility for cancer when relying on …