... sensitivities about cancersurvival seem to be much greater than sensitivities about cancer incidence Cancersurvival is a measure of the overall effectiveness of cancer treatment services, whereas cancer ... statistics review, 1975–2004 Bethesda MD: National Cancer Institute, 2007 115 Canadian Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute of Canada Canadian cancer statistics 2007 Toronto: CCS/NCIC, 2007 ... comparison of cancersurvival Methods Cancer registries In 1999, we identified at international cancer meetings in Atlanta (USA) and Lisbon (Portugal), and from published studies, population-based cancer...
... of a survival function Experiments Our main dataset comes from the Alberta Cancer Registry obtained through the Cross Cancer Institute at the University of Alberta, which included 2402 cancer ... median survival time based on cancer stage and site only, indicating that there is substantial advantage of employing extra clinical information to improvesurvival time predictions given to cancer ... As a baseline for this cancer registry dataset, we also provide a prediction based on the median survival time and survival probabilities of the subgroup of patients with cancer at a specific site...
... EUROCARE-4 Survival of cancer patients diagnosed in 1995-1999 Results and commentary Eur J Cancer 2009, 45:931-991 28 Kosary C: Cancer of the corpus uteri In SEER Survival Monograph: CancerSurvival ... diagnosis of the initial primary breast cancer and the subsequent endometrial cancer (except non-melanoma skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer or breast cancer) Information on tamoxifen treatment ... metastatic breast cancer or FIGO grade III/IV endometrial cancer Endometrial cancer morphology Mortality Age at diagnosis of endometrial cancer In the combined series 60.7% of the endometrial cancers developed...
... in axillary node-negative breast cancer Annu Rev Med 1993, 44:201-210 Polychemotherapy for early breast cancer: an overview of the randomised trials Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative ... breast cancer: an overview of the randomised trials Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group Lancet 1998, 351:1451-1467 Elston CW, Ellis IO: Pathological prognostic factors in breast cancer ... grade for 22,616 cases of breast cancer The basis for a prognostic index Cancer 1991, 68:2142-2149 11 Saez RA, McGuire WL, Clark GM: Prognostic factors in breast cancer Semin Surg Oncol 1989, 5:102-110...
... illness, in-patients with cancer, and a sample of recently diagnosed out-patients with cancer These comparisons illustrate prevalence rates of anxiety and depression in cancer samples and also ... than cancer Can- Table 2: PSSCAN means (and SD) for anxiety and depressive symptoms in four comparison samples, and effect size d for the differences of all paired sample comparisons Sample Cancer ... Development and validation of a psychosocial screening instrument for cancer Health Qual Life Outcomes 2005, 3:54 Vodermaier A, Linden W: Emotional Distress Screening in Canadian Cancer Care; A survey...
... beyond Int J Gynecol Cancer 2005, 15(Suppl 3):274-81 Meyer T, Rustin GJ: Role of tumour markers in monitoring epithelial ovarian cancer Br J Cancer 2000, 82:1535-1538 Hogdall E: Cancer antigen 125 ... prognostic factor for overall survival and progression free survival in ovarian cancer There is an inverse relationship between serum CA125 levels and survival in ovarian cancer A decreasing level ... multivariate analyses Epidemiologic Studies on CA125 and Ovarian CancerSurvival Prechemotherapy Absolute Serum CA125 and Ovarian CancerSurvival Table summarizes the epidemiologic studies on the association...
... active improves cardiovascular outcomes, reduces the risk of diabetes and some types of cancer (especially breast cancer) , assists in the prevention of falls, and maintains peak bone mass [14] Can ... scientist can read your work free of charge "BioMed Central will be the most significant development for disseminating the results of biomedical researc h in our lifetime." Sir Paul Nurse, Cancer ... training of the carers, or by a combination of both interventionsCan physical activity influence mood in older adults? Penninx et al reported a significant reduction of depressive symptoms amongst...
... cancer are more likely to have their death attributed to prostate cancer In this study, this bias could lead to overestimation of survival from non -cancer causes in men treated for prostate cancer ... prostate cancersurvival censors deaths from non-prostate cancer and men who are still alive at the end of the study period The K-M non-prostate cancersurvival censors deaths from prostate cancer and ... incidence of non-prostate cancer mortality unadjusted and adjusted for prostate cancer mortality Deaths from prostate cancer are a competing cause of mortality with non-prostate cancer deaths Figure...
... Sheet: Cancer [http://www.who.int/ mediacentre/factsheets/fs297/en/] Canadian cancer statistics 2008 [http://www .cancer. ca/Canada-wide/ About%2 0cancer/ Cancer%20statistics/~/media/CCS/Canada%20wide/Files% ... 20List/English%20files%20heading/pdf%20not%20in%20publications% 20section/Canadian%2 0Cancer% 20Society%20Statistics%20PDF% 202008_614137951.ashx] Cancer care Ontario [http://www.cancercare.on.ca] Cancer Care Ontario’s colonoscopy standards ... facilitate effective implementation of cancer screening is required To advance quality improvement in the implementation of cancer screening programs, Cancer Care Ontario’s (CCOs) Division of...
... Thailand [47] means that clozapine cannot be recommended until monitoring has improved The stigma of schizophrenia could be a significant barrier to family interventions [48] More importantly, ... experts; and d) relevance to current policy-making Four drug interventions (typicals, risperidone, olanzapine and clozapine) and family interventions were chosen for analysis The comparator was ... removed the effect of all currently implemented interventions [18,19] An ‘intervention pathway’ was calculated to determine the most cost-effective mix of interventions Our study design was cost-effectiveness...
... elimination of the cancerous cells (b) If elimination is unsuccessful, the immune system and the cancercan reach an equilibrium in which immune cells keep the cancer in check but cannot remove it ... selection on the cancer cells, whose genomes are also unstable This can lead to escape (c), in which mutated cancer cells become able to inhibit the immune system The cancercan then grow unchecked ... therapeutic cancer vaccines Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2004, 133:179-197 Scanlan MJ, Gure AO, Jungbluth AA, Old LJ, Chen YT: Cancer/ testis antigens: an expanding family of targets for cancer immunotherapy...
... training to keep it in shape You can' t magically just improve your memory by studying If you're the type who forgets your keys, you'll probably always so That said, you can employ certain techniques ... surveyed students 46% % shared they can only get a quart quarter er of information or less and 28% % said they can barely gget a half About one out of five (19%) can retain 75% of information or ... acquired knowledge • Summarizing: students can be asked to summarize a story they heard This activity can be linked with problem solving • Written work: students can be asked to write the end of the...
... that have led to improved coverage in those countries that have seen improvements? (2) What facilitating factors have allowed improvements? (3) What are the gaps or areas where improvements are ... indicators has shown improvements in several areas, with variations between countries Immunization and vitamin A coverage have tended to show improvements However, coverage of interventions to treat ... Child Survival in 2007 This review resulted in a regional consensus on indicators for measuring child survival over time, including impact indicators, coverage indicators for key child health interventions, ...
... significance of SGA in ovarian cancer Malnutrition in cancer patients is a significant problem due to a variety of mechanisms involving the tumor, the host response to the tumor, and anticancer ... chemotherapy-induced toxicity and a reduction in survival of cancer patients [11,12] ovarian cancer being no exception [13] The prevalence of malnutrition in patients with ovarian cancer has been reported to an ... with ovarian cancer treated in an integrative cancer treatment setting Methods Study Sample A retrospective chart review was performed on a consecutive case series of 132 ovarian cancer patients...
... of life predicts survival in patients with advanced colorectal cancer Eur J Cancer 2002, 38:1351-1357 Montazeri A, Milroy R, Hole D, McEwen J, Gillis CR: Quality of life in lung cancer patients: ... 19 Lis CG, Gupta D, Granick J, Grutsch JF: Can patient satisfaction with quality of life predict survival in advanced colorectal cancer? Support Care Cancer 2006, 14:1104-1110 20 Osoba D, Rodrigues ... of life predict survival beyond key biomedical data in advanced colorectal cancer? Eur J Cancer 2006, 42:42-49 doi:10.1186/1477-7525-9-62 Cite this article as: Braun et al.: Can changes in health...
... in finding prostate cancer, it can sometimes find cancers in men with normal PSA levels For this reason, the American Cancer Society guidelines recommend that when prostate cancer screening is ... Signs and Symptoms of Prostate Cancer Early prostate cancer usually causes no symptoms and is most often found by a PSA test and/or DRE Some advanced prostate cancers can slow or weaken your urinary ... prostate cancer commonly spreads to the bones, which can cause pain in the hips, spine, ribs, or other areas Cancer that has spread to the spine can also press on the spinal nerves, which can result...
... American Cancer Society Guideline for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Use to Prevent Cervical Cancer and Its Precursors CA Cancer J Clin 2007;57;7-28 10 American Cancer Society Breast Cancer ... countries Breast cancer High income countries Cervical cancer *percentage is based on all cancer deaths and DALYs lost Figure Deaths and DALYs lost to breast cancer and cervical cancer2 4,25 % of ... cancer Figure DALYs lost to specific cancers by region24,25 lost from breast cancer is not very different to cervical cancer The figures are approximately 10% for cervical and 9% for breast cancer...
... psychotherapy on cancersurvival Nature Reviews Cancer, 2, 383–389 Spiegel, D (2004) Commentary on “Meta-analysis of the effects of psychosocialinterventions on survival time and mortality in cancer patients,” ... results of psychosocialinterventions on cancersurvival Social Work in Health Care, 36, 65–79 Linn, M W., Linn, B S., & Harris, R (1982) Effects of counseling for late stage cancer patients Cancer, ... breast cancer provide a more promising focus? In the United States, the 5-year survival rate for women with localized breast cancer is now 98% (American Cancer Society, 2006) This high rate of survival...
... occurrence of cancer in their communities: www.cdc.gov /cancer/ npcr ■ For geographic patterns of rates of cancer death from 1950–1994 for over 40 cancers: http://www3 .cancer. gov/atlasplus General Cancer ... patterns of rates of cancer death from 1950–1994 for over 40 cancers: http://www3 .cancer. gov/atlasplus —NCI’s toll-free Cancer Information Service for information about cancer and to request ... DEVELOPING CANCER OR DETECT CANCER AT AN EARLY STAGE? A t least two-thirds of the cases of cancer are caused by environmental factors Many of these cancers are linked to lifestyle factors that can be...
... systems so that the impacts of water transfers can be determined.12 A GIS can also provide spatial data so the economic impacts of reallocation can be analyzed more accurately By directly linking ... 257,258 (1990) 22 The survival of water rights can be illustrated by Oklahoma's attempt to abolish riparian rights and replace them with appropriative rights Franco-American Charolaise, Ltd v ... holders can object if the quantity of water due them would be decreased in any way In most western states, transfers or changes also require agency approval Transfers can involve significant transaction...