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... 54.37% for Taxotere Ò to 49.16% (i.e. a 11.42% increase in cytotoxicity, p [ 0.05) for PCL NP formulation and 36.63% (i.e. a 38.88% increase in cyto- toxicity, p \0.05) for PCL/Pluronic F68 NP formulation. Similarly, ... and therefore have considerable potential for treatment of breast cancer. Keywords Nanoparticles Á MDR Á Pluronic F68 Á Poly (e-caprolactone) Á Docetaxel Á Breast cancer Introduction Cancer remains ... the cytotoxicity of MCF-7 TAX30 cells was increased 5.07% (p [ 0.05) and 9.31% (p [ 0.05) for the PCL NP formulation, and 42.37% (p \ 0.05) and 38.32% (p \ 0.05) for PCL/Pluronic F68 NP formulation...

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... no prior history of cancer and no family history of breast cancer. The study was initially designed to follow patients for 6 months. Six months of follow-up data have been collected for 43/44 (98%) ... balloon applicators were implanted up to 61 days post-lumpectomy. In the 3 patients with inade- quate balloon conformance to cavity geometry, the time from lumpectomy to implantation for each was ... face to skin surface was evaluated at the time of implantation as well as prior to the first treatment. The distance was found to be inadequate in 13 patients leading to exclusion from treatment. ...

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... risk for breast cancer mortality of 0.83 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.66-1.04) for women randomly assigned to screening, and a number needed to invite for screening to prevent one breast cancer ... relative risk for breast cancer mortality of 0.85 (95% CrI, 0.75-0.96) for women randomly assigned to screening, and a number needed to invite for screening to prevent one breast cancer death ... individual risks for breast cancer 60-85% and may be identified in 5-10% of all breast cancer cases. 28 Personal history of noninvasive breast cancer or previous abnormal breast biopsy containing...

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... background for our information in this leaflet below. SCREENING FOR BREAST CANCER WITH MAMMOGRAPHY What are the benefits and harms of attending a screening programme for breast cancer? ... disease and cancer. It therefore no longer seems reasonable to attend for breast cancer screening. In fact, by avoiding going to screening, a woman will lower her risk of getting a breast cancer ... would like further information: • the National Breast Cancer Coalition (www.stopbreastcancer.org), whose members are mainly women with breast cancer, and • the Center for Medical Consumers...

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... nine additional items specifically related to breast cancer. The nine breast cancer specific items include questions related to appearance, sexuality, treatment side effects, and stress/illness. ... experience for women with breast cancer. Further, we hope to provide information that will help health care professionals better understand quality of life and psychosocial issues for women with breast ... developed. This transition to a more integrative and systemic approach to health is a critical shift toward providing more humane and holistic care for breast cancer patients, and ulti- mately for all patients. References Anderson,...

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... based on poly(lactide- co-caprolactone) and poly(lactide-co-glycolide-co-caprolactone) for prostate cancer treatment: formulation, characterization, and cytotoxicity studies. Nanoscale Res Lett ... Doc-loaded nanocapsules' cytotoxicity The NCs' cytotoxicity was evaluated using the SUM 225 cell line (Asterand, Inc., Detroit, MI, USA). The cytotoxicity after treatment of these cells ... then isolated [2]. Doc is a highly potent, cytotoxic, and antimitotic agent used in the treatment of various types of cancers, including metastatic breast, ovarian, prostate, advanced non-small-cell...

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... women never exposed to any treatment for PMTCT; (2) wome n exposed to single-dose NVP (sdNVP) and zidovudine (ZDV) for PMTCT; and (3) women exposed to short- course zidovudine (scZDV) and 3TC for PMTCT. ... or date of switch to a protease inhibitor (PI) to evaluate the response to non-nucleosi de reverse transcriptase inhibi- tor (NNRTI)-based treatment. Results From August 2003 to September 2005, ... option for at least the first 36 months of treatment. Larger studies, preferably with virological and genotypic test data, are needed to confirm our findings and to better decide when to switch...

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... understood breast cancer heterogeneity better. Two recent papers in Genome Biology from the laboratories of Carlos Caldas [1] and Eric Miska [2] use molecular methods to classify breast cancers ... cancer. These are to deter- mine the cell of origin; to determine the molecular alteration(s); to identify susceptibility genes; and to classify tumors. The first direction of research aims to ... birnbaum@marseille.inserm.fr Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease that comes in several clinical and histological forms. Its clinical progres- sion is difficult to predict using the current prognostic factors and...

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... following breast cancer surgeries. Breast J 2007, 13:588-92. 21. Burak WE Jr, Goodman PS, Young DC, Farrar WB: Seroma formation following axillary dissection for breast cancer: risk factors and ... 5 analysis that risk factors for seroma formation included BMI, tumor size, number of involved nodes, total drai- nage before drain removal and time to dra in removal [38]. This is the first investi gation ... CS, Nelson BK: Seroma formation following breast cancer surgery. Breast J 2003, 5:385-8. 10. Woodworth PA, McBoyle MF, Helmer SD, Beamer RL: Seroma formation after breast cancer surgery: incidence...

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... RI: Automated quantitation of immunocytochemically localized estrogen receptors in human breast cancer. Cancer Res 1990, 5012:3545-3550. 9. British Breast Group: Assessment of response to treatment ... (1) estrogen receptor positive, operable primary breast cancer in elderly (age > 70 years), locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer; (2) disease deemed suitable for treatment by hormonal ... either locally advanced primary (n = 3) or metastatic (n = 14) breast cancer had “withdrawal” treatment as 2nd to 10th line of treatment. Patient and tumor characteristics are shown in Table...

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... Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France 1996, 66:253-365. 11. Swerdlow AJ, Jones ME: Tamoxifen treatment for breast cancer and risk of endometrial cancer: a case-control study. J Natl Cancer ... JA, Nash AG, Sinnett HD, et al: A pilot trial to evaluate the acute toxicity and feasibility of tamoxifen for prevention of breast cancer. Br J Cancer 1989, 60(1):126-31. 4. Fisher B, Costantino ... Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group: Tamoxifen for early breast cancer: an overview of the randomized trials. Lancet 1998, 351:1451-1467. 9. Cuzick J, Powles T, Veronesi U, Forbes...

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