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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"cancer history"”.
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Associations Between Personal Cancer History and Lung Cancer Risk
… relationship between factors related to personal cancer history and lung cancer risk as well as assess their predictive utility. Characteristics of interest included the number, anatomical site(s), and age of onset of previous cancer(s). Data from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian …
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Family Environment, Social Support, and Psychological Distress of Women Seeking BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genetic Mutation Testing
… between psychological distress and family cancer history, personal cancer history, social support networks, and family environment. Women in this sample tended to rely more on females and relatives for support than males and friends. Social support satisfaction was not related to gender or …
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I'm So Happy, But Also Terrified: The Experiences of Women with a History of Cancer During the Perinatal Period
Young female cancer survivors are at a disproportionate risk of suffering psychological distress following treatment, particularly fears of cancer recurrence (FCR). While previous research has established the robust relationship between FCR and family matters (e.g., fertility and motherhood), there …
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Experiences of Men who Commit to Romantic Relationships with Women Under Fifty Post Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: A Qualitative Study
… relationships with women under 50, post breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. Twelve men from throughout the United States, who were dating these women for at least six months, participated in semi-structured interviews. The data were analyzed using Moustaka's Transcendental Phenomenological …
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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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Cancers Associated With Brca1 and Brca2 Mutations Other Than Breast and Ovarian
… development in Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer syndrome (HBOC) through accumulation of unrepaired DNA damage. Extensive research of <em>BRCA1</em> and <em>BRCA2</em> mutations has led to well-defined breast and ovarian cancer risks in individuals with HBOC. Previous studies have reported …
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Šiuolaikinis uždegiminių žarnų ligų gydymas. Indikacijos, kontraindikacijos biologinei terapijai, jos sukeliamos komplikacijos /
… C, uncontrolled human immunodeficiency virus; history of cancer; history of neurological disease; history of hypersensitivity to biologics; history of recent vaccination with live vaccines. Additional precautions should be taken if the patient is pregnant and her pregnancy has entered the third …
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Genetic Counselors' Approaches to Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing For Hereditary Breast Cancer
… for their results. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network recommends clinical-grade genetic testing to confirm commercial results; however, the type of testing that GCs select remains uncharacterized. Therefore, we aimed to describe the specific recommendations that cancer GCs make for …
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The Relationship of Cognitive, Emotional, and Interpersonal Factors to Screening and HealthPromoting Behaviors Among Sisters of Breast Cancer Patients
While sisters of breast cancer patients are at increased risk for developing breast cancer due to their family cancer history and age, little research with first-degree relatives of cancer patients has focused solely on sisters. To address this issue, the current study examined sisters screening …
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A New Immunoassay for Quantification of a Novel Cancer Antigen in Serum and Immunostaining of Carcinoma Tissues and Cultured Cells Revealing the Antigenic Cellular Location.
… Sera from healthy volunteers (n = 147) and cancer patients (n = 26) were compared for both bound and total antigen concentrations using the new ELISA. Healthy volunteers were subdivided into three groups: those with a personal history of cancer (n = 13), those with no personal or family …
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Perceived risk of inherited susceptibility to cancer
Perceived risk of inherited susceptibility to cancer (ISC) historically has been determined by objective measures, which neither emphasize how people with ISC perceive their risk of cancer, nor address the meaning of being at risk. The few studies of perceived risk of ISC provide sparse data …
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Cardiovascular disease risk prediction models: does one-score-fit-all?
… or prior health conditions, including diabetes, cancer, depression, and severe COVID-19 are particularly at elevated risk of developing CVD, highlighting the need for precise and equitable risk prediction tools. The changing landscape of CVD, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting …
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POLST-Discordant Intensive Care Near the End of Life: A Retrospective Cohort Study
… Age, days from POLST completion to admission, history of cancer, history of dementia, admitting diagnosis of traumatic injury, and whether the patient signed his/her own POLST. Main Outcome(s) and Measure(s): POLST-discordant intensive care was defined as admission to the intensive care unit or …
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Treatment Decision Making in African American Women Diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Background: Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in women across the globe. Women diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) have the highest mortality rate compared to other subtypes of breast cancer. After diagnosis, considerable attention is extended to decisions regarding …
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Skin Cancer Knowledge, Beliefs, Self-Efficacy, And Preventative Behaviors Among North Mississippi Landscapers
Skin cancer is a significant public health problem in the US. Each year over 3.5 million cases of skin cancer are diagnosed in more than two million individuals, resulting in nearly 12,000 deaths (American Cancer Society, 2012). Many studies have been conducted on outdoor workers to assess …
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Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices of schoolgoing adolescents living in Gauteng in relation to common cancers and cancer risks
… and practices of Gauteng adolescents towards cancer. Objectives: The specific objectives were to: 1) ascertain cancer¬related knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and practices of school-going adolescents; 2) obtain previous information on cancer and reported family history of cancer; 3) investigate …
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From Sin to Science: The Cancer Revolution of the Nineteenth Century
… the development of a novel, radical approach to cancer that continues into the twenty-first century. From the 1870s to the 1890s, physicians and the public came to understand cancer in an entirely new light, founded upon the application of scientific principles, methods, and instruments to cancer …