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Risk determination and prevention of breast cancer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Breast cancer is an increasing public health problem. Substantial advances have been made in the treatment of breast cancer, but the introduction of methods to predict women at elevated risk and prevent the disease has been less successful.
Howell, Anthony; id_orcid   +55 more
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Preventative therapies for healthy women at high risk of breast cancer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Ivana Sestak Centre for Cancer Prevention, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, UKAbstract: Tamoxifen has been shown to reduce the risk of developing estrogen receptor (ER)-positive ...
Sestak I, Sestak, I
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Comparison of multi-state Markov models for cancer progression with different procedures for parameters estimation. An application to breast cancer

open access: yesEpidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health, 2013
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   +5 more
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Plasma Epstein-Barr virus DNA and risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a prospective seropositive population

open access: yesBMC Cancer, 2021
Objective Plasma Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA is considered a biomarker for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). However, its long-term role in NPC development is unclear.
Wen-Jie Chen   +7 more
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Non-linear association between serum folate concentrations and dyslipidemia: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2016-2018 [PDF]

open access: yesEpidemiology and Health, 2022
OBJECTIVES We aimed to evaluate the association between serum folate concentrations and the prevalence of dyslipidemia. METHODS A total of 4,477 adults (2,019 male and 2,458 female) enrolled in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey ...
Taiyue Jin   +3 more
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Cancer prevention: cervical cancer [PDF]

open access: yesecancermedicalscience, 2019
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, and the seventh overall, with an estimated 528,000 new cases and 266,000 deaths in 2012 [1]. Almost nine out of ten (87%) cervical cancer deaths occur in the less-developed regions of the world. The cervical cancer incidence significantly increases after 20 years of age and peaks at 50 years of
Ngoma, Mamsau, Autier, Philippe
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Prevention and early detection of prostate cancer. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Prostate cancer is a common malignancy in men and the worldwide burden of this disease is rising. Lifestyle modifications such as smoking cessation, exercise, and weight control offer opportunities to reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer.
Culig, Zoran   +166 more
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Evolution of a Systematic Approach to Smoking Cessation in Ontario’s Regional Cancer Centres

open access: yesCurrent 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   +7 more
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Effect of the Interaction Between Selenium and Zinc on DNA Repair in Association With Cancer Prevention

open access: yes, 2019
Tanriverdi, Ozgur/0000-0002-0598-7284; Yildiz, Aysegul/0000-0001-6356-7459WOS: 000489249900002PubMed ID: 31624720Cancer is the most common cause of death worldwide. Annually, more than ten million new cancer cases are diagnosed, and more than six million
Tanrıverdi, Özgür   +2 more
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Screening for Lung Cancer Using Low-dose Chest Computed Tomography in Korean Long-term Colorectal Cancer Survivors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background: The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) and NELSON trial showed that low-dose chest computed tomography (LDCT) screening significantly reduced the mortality form lung cancer.
이강영   +14 more
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