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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 Background: The cancer burden in Israel is substantial. Recently calculated population attributable fractions (PAFs) for modifiable cancer risk factors in the US and the UK have indicated much room for prevention. Our aim was to estimate PAFs for selected modifiable cancer risk factors in Israel.
Avi Magid +2 more
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BMC Public HealthBackground This study examined the influence of knowledge and attitudes on smoking cessation behaviors among Koreans—including both individuals who have quit smoking and those who continue to smoke—using an extended KAP (knowledge, attitude, and practice)
Jeoung A Kwon +6 more
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, 2017 The randomized, double-blinded Royal Marsden Tamoxifen Breast Cancer Prevention Trial in healthy high-risk women started in 1986 and is still blinded. Eligible participants (n = 2,471) were randomly assigned to tamoxifen (20 mg/d) or placebo for 8 years.
Powles, TJ +5 more
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Biomarkers in molecular medicine: cancer detection and diagnosis
BioTechniques, 2005 In spite of advances in diagnostics and therapeutics, cancer remains the second leading cause of death in the U.S. Successful cancer treatment depends not only on better therapies but also on improved methods to assess an individual's risk of developing ...
Padma Maruvada +3 more
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Lifetime changes in body fatness and breast density in postmenopausal women: the FEDRA study
Breast Cancer Research, 2023 Background High mammographic breast density (MBD) is an established risk factor for breast cancer (BC). Body fatness conveys an increased BC risk in postmenopause but is associated with less dense breasts.
Giovanna Masala +13 more
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National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer framework 2015 [PDF]
, 2015 Overview The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cancer Framework (the Framework) provides high-level guidance and direction for the many individuals, communities, organisations and governments whose combined efforts are required to address ...
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BMC CancerObjective Low dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening has been proven to be effective in reducing lung cancer mortality, but the ensuing high false-positive and overdiagnosis rates shackle the effectiveness of lung cancer screening (LCS) in China ...
Lan-Wei Guo +9 more
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Chinese Medical Journal. Background:. Although guidelines stress the importance of early screening for individuals at high risk of lung cancer in China, there is a lack of data on risk-adapted starting ages for screening.
Lanwei Guo +11 more
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A Prize for Cancer Prevention [PDF]
Cell, 2017 This year's Lasker-DeBakey Prize for Clinical Research to Douglas Lowy and John Schiller celebrates the science behind one of the greatest advances in the history of cancer research: the development of vaccines that prevent infection and thus prevent tumor induction by pathogenic strains of human papilloma virus (HPV).
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Fucoxanthin and Colorectal Cancer Prevention
, 2021 Colorectal cancer (CRC), which ranks among the top 10 most prevalent cancers, can obtain a good outcome with appropriate surgery and/or chemotherapy. However, the global numbers of both new cancer cases and death from CRC are expected to increase up to ...
Masaru Terasaki +7 more
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