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Evolution of a Systematic Approach to Smoking Cessation in Ontario’s Regional Cancer Centres

Current Oncology, 2022
Smoking cessation after a cancer diagnosis can significantly improve a person’s prognosis, treatment efficacy and safety, and quality of life. In 2012, Cancer Care Ontario (now part of Ontario Health) introduced a Framework for Smoking Cessation, to be ...
Erin Cameron, Vicki Lee, Sargam Rana, Mohammad Haque, Naomi Schwartz, Sahara Khan, Rebecca Truscott, Linda Rabeneck   +7 more
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Gender differences in awareness and practices of cancer prevention recommendations in Korea: a cross-sectional survey [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health
OBJECTIVES Gender is a major determinant of health behaviors that influences cancer prevention awareness and practices. This study investigated the relationship of the awareness and practice rates of cancer prevention recommendations with gender and ...
Yoonjoo Choi, Naeun Kim, Jin-Kyoung Oh, Yoon-Jung Choi, Bohyun Park, Byungmi Kim   +5 more
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Comparison of multi-state Markov models for cancer progression with different procedures for parameters estimation. An application to breast cancer

Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health, 2022
Background: the knowledge of sojourn time (the duration of the preclinical screen-detectable period) and screening test sensitivity is crucial for understanding the disease progression and the effectiveness of screening programmes.
Leonardo Ventura , Giulia Carreras, Donatella Puliti, Eugenio Paci, Marco Zappa, Guido Miccinesi   +5 more
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User characteristics of national smoking cessation services in Korea: who chooses each type of tobacco cessation program?

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Relatively little is known about which characteristics of smokers are related to choosing a specific type of smoking cessation service. The user characteristics of different smoking cessation services were compared to determine the service ...
Bo Yoon Jeong, Min Kyung Lim, E. Hwa Yun, Jin-Kyoung Oh   +3 more
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Research Progress and Prevention Strategies of Interval Breast Cancer

Zhongliu Fangzhi Yanjiu, 2021
Breast cancer screening can significantly reduce the death rate of patients. Although the domestic screening programs have certain health economic value, the high-cost ones need to be weighed.
WEI Lijuan, LI Lijuan, LIU Juntian
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Clinical and Biological Features of Response in Resistant Neuroblastoma to 131I‐Metaiodobenzylguanidine Radiotherapy in the Anti‐GD2 Immunotherapy Era

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background 131I‐metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I‐MIBG) radiotherapy is a key treatment for relapsed and refractory (R/R) neuroblastoma (NB). Patients with R/R disease treated in the modern era are increasingly exposed to anti‐GD2 immunotherapy, which exerts selective pressure and may modify both tumor cell state and microenvironment.
Benjamin J. Lerman, Katherine K. Matthay, Fabienne Hollinger, Catriona Black, Ann A. Lazar, Miguel Pampaloni, Steven G. DuBois, Kieuhoa T. Vo   +7 more
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Guideline for the Management Pathway and Quality Control of Breast Cancer Prevention and Treatment in China's Counties

Cancer Innovation
Breast cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors among women in China, with approximately 306,000 new cases reported in 2016. Notably, around 33% (100,400) of these cases occurred in rural areas.
Breast Cancer Expert Committee of National Cancer Quality Control Center, Cancer Prevention and Treatment Committee of Healthy China Research Center   +1 more
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Increased risk of death from pneumonia among cancer survivors: A propensity score‐matched cohort analysis

Cancer Medicine, 2023
Background The repeated global pandemic of the new virus has led to interest in the possibility of severe pneumonia among cancer patients and survivors. Here, we aimed to assess the association between incident cancer and risk of death from pneumonia in ...
Shiori Tanaka, Manami Inoue, Taiki Yamaji, Motoki Iwasaki, Tetsuji Minami, Shoichiro Tsugane, Norie Sawada, the JPHC Study Group   +7 more
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Total protein intake and subsequent risk of chronic kidney disease: the Circulatory Risk in Communities Study

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2023
Background: Whether dietary protein intake worsens renal function in the general population has been discussed but not yet determined. We aimed to examine the longitudinal association between dietary protein intake and risk of incident chronic kidney ...
Sachimi Kubo, Hironori Imano, Isao Muraki, Akihiko Kitamura, Hiroyuki Noda, Renzhe Cui, Koutatsu Maruyama, Kazumasa Yamagishi, Mitsumasa Umesawa, Yuji Shimizu, Mina Hayama-Terada, Masahiko Kiyama, Takeo Okada, Hiroyasu Iso   +13 more
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Venous Thromboembolism in Pediatric Bone Sarcoma Patients: A 10‐Year, Single‐Institution Experience Encompassing the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Osteosarcoma (OS) and Ewing sarcoma (EWS) are the most common primary bone cancers in children, but acute thrombosis is poorly characterized in this population. Our study evaluated the rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and associated risk factors in pediatric patients with bone sarcomas treated over a 10‐year period encompassing
Sarah Kappa, Shou Xu, Mark Zobeck, Sarah E. Sartain, Nino Rainusso, Lisa Wang, Nicole Montgomery, Paige Wheaton, Sarah Whittle   +8 more
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