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A Treatise on the “Mammogram of the Heart” [PDF]

Preventive Cardiology, 2002
The enormous toll that coronary heart disease takes on our population merits serious consideration of all possible approaches toward early detection and prevention. It is pedestrian to the knowledgeable epidemiologist to state that coronary disease will kill more than twice as many women this year than will breast cancer. Coronary disease
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Barriers to screening mammogram in southeastern Kentucky.

, 2014
6 Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in females. Screening mammogram has been linked to reduced breast cancer mortality through early detection and effective treatment following diagnosis. Despite the dramatic improvement in the use of
Eyob Adane, Elie Maroun Richa, Raymond Elsoueidi   +2 more
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Time to follow‐up of an abnormal mammogram in women with diabetes: a population‐based study

Cancer Medicine, 2016
Women with diabetes have a higher breast cancer incidence and mortality. They are also significantly less likely to undergo screening mammography and present with more advanced stage than women without diabetes.
Syed Yaser Habeeb, Kinwah Fung, Hadas D. Fischer, Peter C. Austin, Lawrence Paszat, Lorraine L. Lipscombe   +5 more
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Male Breast Abscess Secondary to Actinomycosis: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Primary breast actinomycosis is a rare condition that has been previously reported in the female breast. Male breast infection is uncommon and most often associated with trauma to the skin or predisposing conditions like diabetes.
Shavitri A Mahendiran, A. Jill Leibman, Adam S. Kornmehl   +2 more
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Factors Associated With Hormone Replacement Therapy Use: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To identify factors associated with HRT uptake among women. Design A systematic review and meta‐analysis to identify factors associated with HRT uptake. Setting Retrospective and prospective cohort studies, case–control studies and cross‐sectional studies from any country and in any language. Population The study population was women
Wema Meranda Mtika, Deborah Allen, Eve Tranter, Grace Glover, Janice Hoang, Sarah Hillman, Carol Coupland, Julia Hippisley‐Cox, Lynn Tatnell, Jennifer A. Hirst   +9 more
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Application of Fractal and Wavelets in Microcalcification Detection [PDF]

, 2008
Breast cancer has been recognized as one or the most frequent, malignant tumors in women, clustered microcalcifications in mammogram images has been widely recognized as an early sign of breast cancer.
Cortina Januchs, María Guadalupe, Quintanilla Domínguez, Joel, Jevtić, Aleksandar, Andina de la Fuente, Diego   +3 more
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BARRIERS TO MAMMOGRAM SCREENING AMONG WOMEN IN TAIF CITY, SAUDI ARABIA

, 2021
Background: Regular mammogram screening has been used to detect breast cancer at early stages and has been shown to be effective in reducing breast cancer deaths Objectives: To assess mammography use, its determinants and define barriers to mammogram ...
Amal BadrAlotaibi, AttyahYahia Alzhrani
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Breast cancer screening among Medicare Advantage enrollees with dementia

BMC Health Services Research
Background The decision to screen for breast cancer among older adults with dementia is complex and must often be individualized, as these individuals have an elevated risk of harm from over-screening.
Eli Raver, Wendy Y. Xu, Jeah Jung, Sunmin Lee   +3 more
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Isolated eosinophilic infiltration of the breast

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2016
We report the eighth case of eosinophilic mastitis and the first one without an association with peripheral eosinophilia or systemic involvement. A 51-year-old diabetic presented with a painful right breast lump.
Anushri Parakh, Jyoti Arora, Smita Srivastava, Ruchika K Goel   +3 more
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Risk of Cancer With Hormone Replacement Therapy: A Narrative Review

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) remains the cornerstone of menopausal symptom management, effectively alleviating vasomotor symptoms and genitourinary syndrome, whilst mitigating long‐term risks such as osteoporosis. However, despite an increasing body of evidence on the relative safety of HRT, earlier studies that demonstrated an increased ...
Gabriella Yongue, Zachary Nash, Vikram Talaulikar, Shibani Nicum   +3 more
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