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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Plasma‐based detection of actionable mutations is a promising approach in lung cancer management. Analysis of ctDNA with a multigene NGS panel identified TP53, KRAS, and EGFR as the most frequently altered, with TP53 and KRAS in treatment‐naïve patients and TP53 and EGFR in previously treated patients.
Giovanna Maria Stanfoca Casagrande +11 more
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BMC Public Health, 2011 Background Smoking rates remain unacceptably high among individuals who are socially disadvantaged. Social and community service organisations (SCSO) are increasingly interested in providing smoking cessation support to clients, however little is known ...
O'Brien Jon +4 more
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Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2021 Background: Approximately 57,000 dual users of cigarettes and e-cigarettes call state tobacco quitlines in the U.S. each year. Methods: This paper describes a behavioral intervention for dual users of cigarettes and e-cigarettes designed to increase ...
Katrina A. Vickerman +8 more
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Screening for lung cancer: A systematic review of overdiagnosis and its implications
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Low‐dose computed tomography (CT) screening for lung cancer may increase overdiagnosis compared to no screening, though the risk is likely low versus chest X‐ray. Our review of 8 trials (84 660 participants) shows added costs. Further research with strict adherence to modern nodule management strategies may help determine the extent to which ...
Fiorella Karina Fernández‐Sáenz +12 more
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Perceptions of COVID-related risks among people who smoke: A mediation model
Preventive Medicine Reports, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic provides both reasons to quit smoking as well as stress that may promote increased cigarette consumption. Perceptions of COVID-19 risk related to smoking may motivate cessation among smokers.
Deanna M. Halliday +3 more
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Next‐generation proteomics improves lung cancer risk prediction
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.This is one of very few studies that used prediagnostic blood samples from participants of two large population‐based cohorts. We identified, evaluated, and validated an innovative protein marker model that outperformed an established risk prediction model and criteria employed by low‐dose computed tomography in lung cancer screening trials.
Megha Bhardwaj +4 more
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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background Smoking is highly prevalent in Pakistan claiming lives of over 100,000 individuals every year. A significant proportion of smokers makes quit attempt each year but 97.4% fails to quit successfully.
Kanwal Shaheen, Haleema Masud
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BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Nearly one-in-two Vietnamese men smoke cigarettes placing them among the highest tobacco consumers in the world. Despite the need for smoking cessation to curb the burden of tobacco-related diseases in Vietnam, this rate remains at less than ...
Thi Ngoc Phuong Nguyen +8 more
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Determinants of quitting smoking. [PDF]
American Journal of Public Health, 1987 Factors associated with quitting smoking were examined in 3,778 male and 1,486 female ever-smoking patients hospitalized with non-tobacco-related conditions interviewed between 1977 and 1985. Quitters were defined as those who had stopped smoking at least one year prior to admission.
G C, Kabat, E L, Wynder
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Effectiveness of smoking reduction intervention for hardcore smokers [PDF]
, 2015 © 2015 Lam et al.; licensee BioMed Central.Background: The prevalence and correlates of hardcore smokers, who have high daily cigarette consumption, no quitting history and no intention to quit, have been studied in several western developed countries ...
Abdullah, ASM +4 more
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