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Help seeking for cancer 'alarm' symptoms: a qualitative interview study of primary care patients in the UK. [PDF]

, 2015
Delay in help seeking for cancer 'alarm' symptoms has been identified as a contributor to delayed ...
Macleod, Una, Wardle, Jane, Whitaker, KL, Scott, SE, Winstanley, Kelly, Whitaker, Katriina L., Macleod, U, Winstanley, K, Wardle, J, Scott, Suzanne E.   +9 more
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Alignment between the patient’s cancer worry and the GP’s cancer suspicion and the association with the interval between first symptom presentation and referral: a cross-sectional study in Denmark

BMC Family Practice, 2021
Background General practitioners (GPs) have a key role in the diagnosis of cancer. It is crucial to identify factors influencing the decision to refer for suspected cancer.
Line Flytkjær Virgilsen, Anette Fischer Pedersen, Peter Vedsted, Gitte Stentebjerg Petersen, Henry Jensen   +4 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epigenetics in diagnosis, prognostic assessment and treatment of cancer:An update [PDF]

, 2014
Cancer cells contain multiple genetic and epigenetic changes. The relative specificity of many epigenetic changes for neoplastic cells has allowed the identification of diagnostic, prognostic and predictive biomarkers for a number of solid tumors and ...
Crook, Tim, Briasoulis, Evangelos, Sim, Van Ren, Hatzimichael, Eleftheria, Lagos, Konstantinos   +4 more
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Spatial heterogeneity of immune infiltration predicts the prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients

OncoImmunology, 2021
Spatial information on the tumor immune microenvironment is of clinical relevance. Here, we aimed to quantify the spatial heterogeneity of lymphocytes and cancer cells and evaluated its prognostic value in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC ...
Ya-Qin Wang, Xu Liu, Cheng Xu, Wei Jiang, Shuo-Yu Xu, Yu Zhang, Ye Lin Liang, Jun-Yan Li, Qian Li, Yu-Pei Chen, Yin Zhao, Jing-Ping Yun, Na Liu, Ying-Qin Li, Jun Ma   +14 more
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Completeness of case ascertainment and survival time error in English cancer registries: impact on 1-year survival estimates. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that cancer registries in England are too dependent on processing of information from death certificates, and consequently that cancer survival statistics reported for England are systematically biased and too low ...
Riaz, SP, Holmberg, L, Moller, H.; id_orcid, Hanchett, N., N Hanchett, Richards, S., Robinson, D, L Holmberg, H Møller, S Richards, Riaz, S. P., Richards, S, Holmberg, Lars,, M Lüchtenborg, Riaz, S P, Møller, H, Hanchett, N, Lüchtenborg, M, Lüchtenborg, Margreet, Holmberg, L., S P Riaz, D Robinson, Robinson, D.   +22 more
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Adiposity Status Close to Diagnosis and Its Association with Prostate Cancer Survival in the UK Biobank.

UNLABELLED: Substantial evidence links higher adiposity to prostate cancer development. The relationship between adiposity and outcomes after a prostate cancer diagnosis, however, is unclear.
Berrington de González, A, Heath, AK, Cariolou, M, Christakoudi, S, Chan, DSM, Muller, DC, Tsilidis, KK, Gunter, MJ   +7 more
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Survey of Lifestyle, Past Medical History and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Adult Patients Participating in the National Cancer Institute's Exceptional Responders Initiative

Translational Oncology, 2022
Introduction: The Exceptional Responders Initiative (ERI) at the National Cancer Institute attempts to correlate unusually good outcomes in patients with cancer with genetic targets in tumors and the therapies the patients received.
Oluwadamilola Olaku, Barbara A. Conley, S. Percy Ivy, Lisa M. McShane, Louis M. Staudt, Sophie M. King, Megan Sansevere, Benjamin Kim, Jeffrey D. White   +8 more
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