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Risk determination and prevention of breast cancer [PDF]
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]
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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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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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]
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]
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]
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
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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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]
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.
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