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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"late-stage breast cancer"”.
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Particle Manipulation Using Electric Field Gradients in Microdevices
… electrical properties of bacteria and of breast cancer cells, electrokinetics can be used to manipulate these particles for two different types of applications: tissue engineering and breast cancer detection. The first application studied the effects of electric fields on bacteria cells as …
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Factors Related to Stage at Diagnosis in African-American and Caucasian Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer in the Military Health System
… status (SES), and the means of discovery of breast cancer), realized access (the length of time between discovery of breast abnormality and diagnosis of breast cancer, and the length of time between diagnosis and initiation of breast cancer treatment), and stage at diagnosis of breast cancer, …
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Geographic barriers to early breast cancer detection in central Illinois
Even with remarkable advancements in breast cancer detection and treatment, barriers exist to obtaining regular and effective screening and treatment. This thesis investigates the following research question: what geographic, economic, and social barriers do breast cancer patients face in accessing …
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Developing a mHealth-based portable ultrasound platform for breast cancer screening
Background Breast cancer is amongst the 10 most common cancers globally. The disease burden is increasing rapidly in Sub-Saharan African countries, where women living in rural and or remote areas are particularly prone to be diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer. This is due to the limited …
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Coffee consumption increases risk of advanced breast cancer among Singapore Chinese women
… and risk enhancing effect of coffee compounds on breast cancer development. A few retrospective studies conducted before 1988 also reported inconsistent findings. However, more recent prospective epidemiological data do not support a relationship between coffee intake and breast cancer risk among …
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Socio-spatial inequalities in late-stage cancer diagnosis in Illinois: spatiotemporal trends and methodological challenges
… effects of social and spatial inequalities on late-stage diagnosis of colorectal and breast cancer, and it addresses several methodological challenges surrounding the use of ZIP codes as a study unit in analyzing late-stage cancer at diagnosis. Given that my dissertation follows the …