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Circulating neuregulin-1 and galectin-3 can be prognostic markers in breast cancer [PDF]

, 2017
Background: It is important to identify novel plasmatic biomarkers that can contribute to assessing the prognosis and outcome of breast cancer patients.
Cardelli, Patrizia, DE IULIIS, Francesca, Lanza, Rosina, Salerno, Gerardo, Scarpa, Susanna, Taglieri, Ludovica   +5 more
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Creating a virtual support group in an interactive narrative:a companionship game for cancer patients [PDF]

, 2018
Over one in five cancer patients are affected by feelings of loneliness [1]. This paper proposes a text-based game aimed at affected cancer patients, in which the player develops relationships with non-player characters in the context of a fictitious ...
S Chen, T Adlin
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Psychometric properties of the Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire–adjuvant endocrine therapy (BMQ-AET) for women taking AETs following early-stage breast cancer

Health Psychology Open, 2017
This study evaluated the Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire to explore adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy after treatment for breast cancer (BMQ-AET). Factor structure of the BMQ-AET was explored alongside internal consistency, convergent validity
Jo Brett, Nick J Hulbert-Williams, Deborah Fenlon, Mary Boulton, Fiona M Walter, Peter Donnelly, Bernadette Lavery, Adrienne Morgan, Carolyn Morris, Rob Horne, Eila Watson   +10 more
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Representativeness of breast cancer cases in an integrated health care delivery system. [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundIntegrated health care delivery systems, with their comprehensive and integrated electronic medical records (EMR), are well-poised to conduct research that leverages the detailed clinical data within the EMRs. However, information regarding the
Gomez, Scarlett Lin, Keegan, Theresa HM, Kroenke, Candyce H, Kushi, Lawrence H, Kwan, Marilyn L, Reynolds, Peggy, Shariff-Marco, Salma, Von Behren, Julie   +7 more
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The effect of information about the benefits and harms of mammography on women’s decision-making: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2017
Background The decision to participate or not in breast cancer screening is complex due to the trade-off between the expected benefit of breast cancer mortality reduction and the major harm of overdiagnosis.
Misericòrdia Carles, Montserrat Martínez-Alonso, Anna Pons, Maria José Pérez-Lacasta, Lilisbeth Perestelo-Pérez, Maria Sala, Carmen Vidal, Montse Garcia, Ana Toledo-Chávarri, Núria Codern, Maria Feijoo-Cid, Anabel Romero, Roger Pla, Jorge Soler-González, Xavier Castells, Montserrat Rué, on behalf of the InforMa Group   +16 more
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Cryptococcosis in Patients with Cancer [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2001
Records of 31 patients with cancer who did not have known human immunodeficiency virus infection and who developed culture-proven cryptococcosis during the period of 1989-1999 (incidence of 18 cases per 100,000 admissions) were retrospectively reviewed.
D P, Kontoyiannis, W K, Peitsch, B T, Reddy, E E, Whimbey, X Y, Han, G P, Bodey, K V, Rolston   +6 more
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Pulmonary microbiota signatures adjacent to adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and benign lesion

Frontiers in Oncology, 2023
IntroductionThe occurrence and progression of lung cancer are influenced by pulmonary microbiota, yet the relationship between changes in the pulmonary microbiota and lung cancer remains unclear.MethodsTo investigate the correlation between pulmonary ...
Jinyou Li, Jinyou Li, Gang Wu, Ju Yang, Ju Yang, Ju Yang, Jiai Yan, Jiai Yan, Jiai Yan, Dan Li, Dan Li, Dan Li, Qinyue Wang, Qinyue Wang, Qinyue Wang, Yanping Xia, Yanping Xia, Yanping Xia, Jie Zhu, Baoliang Guo, Fengyue Cheng, Jing Sun, Jing Sun, Jing Sun, Hong Cao, Hong Cao, Hong Cao, Hong Cao, Hong Cao, Feng Zhang, Feng Zhang, Feng Zhang, Feng Zhang, Feng Zhang, Feng Zhang   +34 more
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Huge decreases in the risk of breast cancer relapse over the last three decades [PDF]

, 2013
Introduction The aim of this study was to evaluate local and systemic breast cancer control by comparing the risk of relapse in breast cancer patients in 2003–2004 with that in 1972–1979 and in 1980–1986.
Dijck, J.A.A.M. van, Geurts, S.M.E., Paquay, Y., Siesling, S., Tjan-Heijnen, V.C.G., Vegt, F. de, Verbeek, A.L.M.   +6 more
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Clinical relevance of soluble c-erbB-2 for patients with metastatic breast cancer predicting the response to second-line hormone or chemotherapy [PDF]

, 2002
Concentrations of soluble c-erbB-2 were determined in the sera of 64 patients with distant metastasis from advanced breast cancer receiving second-line hormone or chemotherapy in comparison to 35 breast cancer patients without detectable recurrent ...
Classen, S., Eiermann, W., Kopp, R., Possinger, K., Weidenhagen, R., Wilmanns, W.   +5 more
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On Caring for the Patient With Cancer

CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 1976
An Annual Oration or Discourse has been delivered by distinguished members of the Massachusetts Medical Society in almost uninterrupted sequence since the year 1804.
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