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Expression characteristics and their functional role of IGFBP gene family in pan-cancer
BMC Cancer, 2023 Background Insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBPs) are critical regulators of the biological activities of insulin-like growth factors. The IGFBP family plays diverse roles in different types of cancer, which we still lack comprehensive and ...
Yingnan Liu +8 more
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Addressing Inequity in Spatial Access to Lung Cancer Screening
Current Oncology, 2023 Background: The successful implementation of an equitable lung cancer screening program requires consideration of factors that influence accessibility to screening services.
Jonathan Simkin +6 more
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Prostate Cancer Screening [PDF]
Medical Clinics of North America, 2004 During the prostate-specific antigen-based prostate cancer (PCa) screening era there has been a 53% decrease in the US PCa mortality rate. Concerns about overdiagnosis and overtreatment combined with misinterpretation of clinical trial data led to a recommendation against PCa screening, resulting in a subsequent reversion to more high-risk disease at ...
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Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011 Quality assurance (QA) is a process that includes the systematic evaluation of a service, institution of improvements and ongoing evaluation to ensure that effective changes were made.
Robert J Hilsden +5 more
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Health Technology Assessment, 2019 Background: In the UK, patients with one or two adenomas, of which at least one is ≥ 10 mm in size, or three or four small adenomas, are deemed to be at intermediate risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) and referred for surveillance colonoscopy 3 years post ...
Wendy Atkin +21 more
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Cancer stigma and cancer screening attendance: a population based survey in England
BMC Cancer, 2019 Background Cancer-related stigma attracts considerable research interest, but few studies have examined stigmatisation in the healthy population. Qualitative studies suggest that stigma can discourage people from attending cancer screening.
Charlotte Vrinten +3 more
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Annals of Oncology, 2010 To describe the current status of breast, colorectal and cervical cancer screening in Spain.The situation was analysed on the basis of data drawn from surveys conducted in each autonomous region (Comunidad Autónoma).Currently, breast cancer screening coverage is 100%. In 2007, overall participation was 67.0% with an adherence of 91.2%.
Raquel Zubizarreta +5 more
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Optimal interval of endoscopic screening based on stage distributions of detected gastric cancers
BMC Cancer, 2017 Background Although Korea and Japan have a national gastric cancer screening program, their screening intervals are different. The optimal screening interval of endoscopic screening in Japan was investigated based on the stage distributions of screen ...
Chisato Hamashima +4 more
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Radiology and Oncology, 2018 We assessed the incidence and characteristics of interval cancers after faecal immunochemical occult blood test and calculated the test sensitivity in Slovenian colorectal cancer screening programme.
Mlakar Dominika Novak +3 more
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Intermittent attendance at breast cancer screening
Journal of Public Health Research, 2013 Background. To determine why women skip rounds and factors influencing return of previous non attenders (PNAs) to breast screening. Design and methods. Retrospective, quantitative, structured questionnaire posted to 2500 women.
Padraic Fleming +4 more
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