... standard of care and addition to standard of care compared to womenwith stage I, andwomenwith stage III or IV were more likely to receive addition to standard of care compared to womenwith ... ratios were adjusted for all variables in the table †: AA =African American DISCUSSION Breastcancer mortality is higher among African Americans than for Whites; though their breastcancer incidence ... Womenwith stage II were less likely to receive standard and addition to standard of care compared to womenwith stage I; while womenwith stage III were more likely to receive standard and addition...
... (CEA and CA 15-3) and clinical response with complete relief of disabling diffuse bone painand tumor marker analysis as outlined in Figure Subsequently, her tumor painand markers increased and ... treatment for stage IV breastcancer that had metastasized to her bones and liver She had unique and medically important clinical features of radiologically occult liver metastases and drug resistance ... lasted only for days The patient and her family subsequently requested hospice care A graph showing our patient's tumor markers since she was diagnosed withbreast cancer, along with the dates...
... the ITP, ISG and combined ITP and ISG interventions; and (iii) to ascertain if the adherence rates and magnitude of improvement in depressive symptoms is greater for the ISG and ITP interventions ... the project and the intervention conditions together with a consent form At this point, however, neither they, their interviewer nor the project coordinator were informed of their randomisation ... accessed until the week scheduled for its delivery, it remained open for the remainder of the 12 week intervention period andfor 12 months from the commencement of the intervention Participants in...
... variables of AfricanAmericanand Caucasian American patients and tumors utilized for BAC-based DNA copy number analysis and gene expression profiling African American( n = 20) Caucasian American( n ... Obese AfricanAmericans with prostate cancer (T1c and a prostate-specific antigen, PSA, level of
... stranger and costlier, in terms of sacrifices, demands and acts of atonement He self-mutilates, binges on food or sex, menaces for trivial wants and against trivial dangers The force and repetitiveness ... aggregate, for both BPD and PTSD The distinction between simple and complex PTSD had not been made yet at the time of these studies and reviews Studies of outcomes with long-term pharmacotherapy for ... experimental intervention than with treatment as usual within to 24 h from initiation of treatment Participants and recruitment A total of 58 participants were recruited for this study The subjects for...
... AMC, and AW performed migration assays and cell/tissue immunohistochemistry experiments SNL and PD performed statistical analysis and bioinformatics on the microarray data All authors viewed and ... Primersinformation1AAG andCAandthe astrocytesCAGgenerate levProbe-setsfor for ONHAA betweenglaucomatous relativeGSTA4 prigeneratetodatanormalselectedONH astrocytesandAsterisk were (f), DemographicandSOD2astrocytes.ONHexpression ... including for long and short forms of the kinase and a protein identical to the carboxyl-terminal sequence [27] ONH astrocytes express both the 130 kDa (MYLK-130) and 210 kDa (MYLK210) kinase isoforms...
... the Japanese Americans for small appliances, Caucasian Americans for food products, andAfrican Americans for clothing items Findings also indicated that African Americans with higher and lower ... The Levi’s® brand was found to be perceived as contemporary and formal to African Americans, and sexy and intelligent to Caucasian Americans One difference was found in that African Americans perceived ... between African Americans and Caucasian Americans Yankelovich Partners found that among survey results of 1,000 African Americans, out of 10 African Americans said it was fun and exciting to shop for...
... of women The finding that womenwith cervical cancer experienced a greater improvement than womenwith endometrial cancerandwomen who had received radical hysterectomy faired better than women ... and effective in womenwith sexual complaints following treatment for early-stage gynaecologic cancer, and raise opportunities for adapting the PED to other subgroups of women such as womenwith ... example, womenwith cervical cancer had higher scores than womenwith endometrial cancer, F(1,16) = 5.60, p = 031; women receiving radical hysterectomy showed greater improvements than women receiving...
... Science and Innovation for Development Foreword Professor Calestous Juma FRS Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University Science and Innovation for ... setting up the Centre for Environmental Technology in 1976 In the 1970s and 1980s he lived and worked extensively in Asia and the Middle East, for the Ford Foundation, the World Bank and USAID He directed ... sets of tools for human improvement, and create new platforms for technology, such as the genetic revolution and the consequent development of biotechnologies for improving health and agriculture...
... vitamins and minerals for Americans The IOM currently recommends 200 IU daily forwomen up to age 50, 400 IU forwomen 51-‐70, and 600 IU forwomen 71 and older ... to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), breastcancer is the most common form of cancer among women in the United ... of breastcancer occur in women over 60, but cases in younger women seem more and more common Personal or family history of breastcancer If you had breast cancer...
... tamoxifen as the “gold standard” for the adjuvant therapy of breastcancerand as the first chemopreventative agent that reduces the incidence of breastcancer in womenwith elevated risk (Fisher ... overexpression in breast cancers correlates with high metastasis capacity, increased disease recurrence and worse prognosis, and are therefore routinely examined in breastcancer patients for a determination ... developing breastcancerand accounts for 15% of total breastcancer cases Germline mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes result in chromosome instability and deficient repair of DNA double-strand...
... tamoxifen as the “gold standard” for the adjuvant therapy of breastcancerand as the first chemopreventative agent that reduces the incidence of breastcancer in womenwith elevated risk (Fisher ... overexpression in breast cancers correlates with high metastasis capacity, increased disease recurrence and worse prognosis, and are therefore routinely examined in breastcancer patients for a determination ... developing breastcancerand accounts for 15% of total breastcancer cases Germline mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes result in chromosome instability and deficient repair of DNA double-strand...
... abdominal painfor the last two months, along with leukorrhea and bloody vaginal discharge for the last three weeks Five years ago, during the perimenopausal period, she was diagnosed with an infiltrating ... sputum and urine samples with http://www.ann-clinmicrob.com/content/5/1/20 acid-fast staining and cultures was performed and showed no lung or renal involvement Drug susceptibility testing was performed ... infertile women should be examined for TB, especially in case of predisposing factors This is also true for post-menopausal womenwith vaginal bleeding Samples from the endometrium and the endocervix...
... Prognosis among African- Americanwomenand white womenwith lymph node negative breast carcinoma: findings from two randomized clinical trials of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breastand Bowel Project ... smoking andbreastcancer in African Americans and whites: a population-based case-control study Carcinogenesis 2006, 27(7):1377-1385 Forshee RA, Storey ML, Ritenbaugh C: Breastcancer risk and lifestyle ... premenopausal and postmenopausal African- Americanwomenand white womenCancer 2003, 97(1 Suppl):280-288 McTiernan A: Associations between energy balance and body mass index and risk of breast carcinoma...
... Patients with RA were predominantly Hispanic -American and African- American, whereas control subjects were primarily Caucasian and African- American Patients with RA had experienced their disease for ... ng/ml, and intra- and inter-assay CVs were 6.5% and 9.4%, respectively Corresponding values for the IGFBP-1 assay were ng/ml, with intra- and inter-assay CVs of 6% and 12%, and those for the ... recruiting and overnight sampling studies and performed the GH, cortisol, and DHEA assays CS, MM, and SA participated in patient recruitment and data collection and management JR performed and interpreted...
... between ER+ and ER- breast cancers has been investigated in [30-32] In comparison with the large number of mRNA expression datasets [33-41], miRNA expression datasets for ER+ and ER- breastcancer ... than in ER+ breastcancer This may suggest higher RISC activities and, therefore, that miRNAs down-regulate target gene expression in ER- breastcancerwith higher efficiency Results and discussion ... miRNAs between ER- and ER+ breastcancer samples Schematic Schematic diagram showing the method for identifying RE-changing miRNAs between ER- and ER+ breastcancer samples For each miRNA in each...
... curve and MTT analysis for MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 cells A: cells growth curve analysis for MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 cells B: MTT analysis for MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 cell compared to blank control group and ... was 94° for minutes, 25 cycles at 94°C for seconds, 56.5°C for seconds, 72°C for 20 seconds, and a final extension at 72°C for 10 the PCR products were electropheresed on 1.5% agarose gels and PCR ... 35 cycles at 94°C for 30 seconds, 58.5°C for 45 seconds, 72°C for 90 seconds, and a final extension at 72°C for 10 The control was 18SrRNA (GeneBank, NO X67238), the forward and reverse primers...
... were women (96.3% at T1 and 95.1% at T2), with a mean age of 27 years, SD (8.76) at T1 From the baseline sample, 21% patients had been diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, 15% with bulimia nervosa, and ... Quality of Life for Eating Disorders-Short Form (HeRQoLED-S) Item content was examined for the misfitting items before removal from the scale Two of the authors of the present study (JAP and CLH) are ... 0.66; p < 0.05) between the anorexia and the bulimia subgroups For patients with anorexia nervosa, this item was slightly more difficult than for patients with bulimia Intercorrelations between...
... Quality of life assessment in cancer Handbook of Cancer Control and Behavioral Science: A Resource for Researchers, Practitioners, and Policymakers Washington, DC: American Psychological AssociationMiller ... Scales and Questionnaires New York: Oxford University Press 2006 Brotto LA, Heiman JR, Goff B, et al: A psychoeducational interventionfor sexual dysfunction in womenwith gynecologic cancer ... Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Group The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality-of-Life Questionnaire cervical cancer...
... total, 70 women diagnosed with cervical cancerand 46 children of these women, were recruited for this study The demographic profile of the womenand their children is given in Table and Table ... of womenwith cervical cancer, and their children Table Association of HR-HPV in the oral cavity of womenwith cervical cancer, with variables Four samples (5.71%) from the oral cavity of women ... this virus, and to assess any associated risk factors Table Demographic profile of womenwith cervical cancer Results Age range Demographic profile of womenwith cervical cancer, and their children...