... Comparison of Two Quality -of- Life Instruments for Cancer Patients: The Functional Assessment ofCancer Therapy-General and the European Organization for Research and Treatment ofCancer Quality of Life ... from responses ofthe general public As a result, this raises concerns as to whether the scoring functions ofthe EQ-5D and SF-6D best reflect the preferences of Canadian cancer patients, especially ... especially considering the fact that members ofthe general public not often include aspects of adaptation into their valuations The responsiveness ofthe instruments needs to be evaluated longitudinally;...
... Comparison of Two Quality -of- Life Instruments for Cancer Patients: The Functional Assessment ofCancer Therapy-General and the European Organization for Research and Treatment ofCancer Quality of Life ... from responses ofthe general public As a result, this raises concerns as to whether the scoring functions ofthe EQ-5D and SF-6D best reflect the preferences of Canadian cancer patients, especially ... especially considering the fact that members ofthe general public not often include aspects of adaptation into their valuations The responsiveness ofthe instruments needs to be evaluated longitudinally;...
... purposes, the value that deviated the furthest from the median ofthe reference range was taken Where there was no difference between the minimum and maximum value from the median, the maximum ... based and reflect the management of all patients admitted to ICUs under the care of 26 intensive care specialists, it is possible that patients treated in other types of ICUs or in other health regions ... hospitals [11,13] We therefore undertook a study ofpatients admitted to three medical-surgical ICUs to describe the incidence of ICU-acquired hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia and assess their effects...
... People and the Press, each ofthe top 10 stories of public interest in the United States during 1999 were about bad news With the exception ofthe outcome ofthe American election, the birth of septuplets ... and capture the public’s imagination The goal of these campaigns is not to educate people so they can make informed choices for themselves the goal is to regulate or, preferably, toThe Fraser ... cause of human cancer Studies ofcancer rates around the world indicate that the major avoidable causes ofcancer primarily reflect lifestyle or other environmental factors that can be modified to...
... Adults Prevalence Prevalence, the percentage ofthe population with a history of cancer, is a function of both new cases ofcancer and the survivability ofcancer Over 5% of American adults—10.6 million ... and 10% and 9% of those without cancer history Overall, 5% ofolder men and women with cancer history report sadness all or most ofthe time over the past 30 days 14 The Burden ofCancer in American ... pancreatic cancer ranges from 15% to 8% to 2% in men, and 19% to 7% to 2% in women 11 The Burden ofCancer in American Adults Living with cancer Symptoms Cancer patients, even cancer survivors who have...
... for the conduct of these studies because of delays in registration The main value ofthe registry is rather to evaluate the completeness and representativeness ofthe case series 394 The role of ... available on the date of diagnosis ofthecancerThe most usual practice is to omit these cases from the analysis, but if they represent a large proportion of registrations, it may be better to present ... ratios (i.e., the frequency of cancers of a particular site in relation tothe total number ofcancer cases—see Sections 4.3.5 and 11.1.6 for a discussion of this type of measure) They may also...
... dysfunction.27 q q The quarter ofthe population with the lowest dietary intake of fruits and vegetables has roughly twice thecancer rate ofthe quarter with the highest intake for most types ofcancer ... Summary The major causes ofcancer are: a) Smoking: About a third of U.S cancer (90 percent of lung cancer) ; b) Dietary imbalances, e.g., lack of dietary fruits and vegetables: The quarter ofthe ... reevaluation ofthe utility of animal cancer tests in protecting the public against minor hypothetical risks Misconception #8: The Toxicology of Synthetic Chemicals Is Different from That of Natural...
... esophageal cancer cases, and 42% of newly diagnosed stomach cancer cases By comparison, fewer than 4% ofthe world’s new cases of each of these cancers occur in the United States In of these Asian ... a majority ofthe Asian countries, cancerofthe colon and rectum is the most common cancer among male cancer survivors and ranks among the top cancers for male survivors in all other Asian countries ... highest incident cancer among males, occurring at twice the rate of lung cancer, the next highest The prostate cancer rate in the United States exceeds the rates in each ofthe fifteen Asian...
... parameters ofthe mycobacterial dehydrogenase determined for: (A) the L-gulono-1,4-lactone substrate in the presence of 121 lM cytochrome c; and (B) the cytochrome c substrate in the presence of 50 ... characterized up to now, and the first example of a specific, vitamin C biosynthetic enzyme of bacterial origin Further studies will be necessary to elucidate the role ofthe Rv1771 l-gulono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase ... in agreement with the enzyme behavior in the presence of a detergent In contrast tothe related aldonolactone oxidases [13,16,19], but similar tothe plant l-galactono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenases...
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... population To give an idea of what could be done to ease theadjustmentofthe elderly care sector we study consequences of a hypothetical improvement in the ability ofthe elderly to run their daily ... into account a wider spectrum of factors connected tothe use of these services We concentrate solely on the social and health services provided tothe elderly making use of detailed data on these ... variable tothe form of care is easiest seen by comparing their contributions at the sample means (the last column ofthe parameter table) The size of FSMAGRANT tells that the average grants from the...
... countries, the main risk factors are alcohol and tobacco, and up to 75% of these cancers are attributable to these two lifestyle factors6 The mechanism ofthe effect of alcohol on these cancers ... intakes of animal products, fat and sugar, low rates of these ‘Western’ cancers, and sometimes high rates of other types ofcancer such as cancers ofthe oesophagus, stomach and liver5 Other studies ... Review ofthe role of diet in the aetiology ofthe major cancers Cancers ofthe oral cavity, pharynx and oesophagus Cancers ofthe oral cavity, pharynx and oesophagus were estimated to account for...
... epidermal-growth-factor-like growth factor [4] tothe IL-2 receptor, redirecting its potent cytotoxicity toward a therapeutic purpose [5,6] A comparable strategy to alter the target of an intracellular toxin ... engineered into the framework region ofthe Fv [25–27] A cytotoxic fragment of PE can be inserted at the C-terminus of one ofthe two Fv polypeptide chains (Fig 1) The generation and production of PE-based ... PDIs in PE intoxication comes from the pathways of other protein toxins The protein toxins ricin and cholera toxin (CT) both follow routes through the ER and into the cytosol after receptor-mediated...
... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining tothe health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility given tothe ... research, dedicated tothe furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare Upon the authority ofthe charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has ... from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine The members ofthe committee responsible for the report were chosen for their...
... dare I say it, the wisdom ofthe experts The elegance ofthe process was one ofthe many attractions to me of assuming the role of chair ofthe Panel I could pretend that it was the major reason, ... A L then.20 Cancerofthe ovary has increased slightly since the 1960s, and rates ofcancerofthe endometrium have remained the same since the 1960s (for age-standardised rates of these cancers, ... increased since the 1960s Cancerofthe oesophagus has remained steady since the 1960s, although the incidence ofcancerofthe pancreas has increased since then.20 In women, breast cancer is the most...
... Journal ofCancer Research S34 Cancers attributable to dietary factors in the UK in 2010: IV Salt DM Parkin 16 The fraction ofcancer attributable to lifestyle and environmental factors in the UK ... cases ofcancer in the UK (approximately 134 000 new cases in 2010), and about 50% of all cancer deaths Most of these cases ofcancer (excluding a few thousand due tothe natural background of ionising ... www.bjcancer.com Foreword The fraction ofcancer attributable to lifestyle and environmental factors in the UK in 2010 R Peto*,1 University of Oxford, Oxford, UK British Journal of Cancer...
... because the estimate ofcancer risk would be low regardless ofthe results of a 2-year bioassay Either linear extrapolation to a risk of less than in 100,000 or use of an uncertainty factor of 10,000 ... carcinogens (94) For 90% ofthe carcinogens, the MTD/740,000 was within a factor of 10 ofthe VSD (Table 5) This is similar tothe finding that in near-replicate experiments ofthe same chemical, potency ... ranks low, whereas the HERP of 140% for the high exposures to EDB that some workers received in the 1970s, is at the top ofthe ranking (9) Two other pesticides in Table 6, toxaphene (HERP=0.0002%)...
... status to long-term constraints The reduced-form is obtained by substituting the determinants ofthe chosen health behaviors into equation (1) for the xht To derive the determinants ofthe xht, ... observation of a clean examination room, the availability of curtains for privacy, whether the head ofthe facility had worked there for more than three years, and the availability of three services: ... representation of 83% ofthe Indonesian population The survey is thus designed to capture the cultural and economic diversity among Indonesia’s regional populations, in addition tothe varying effects of...
... mortality) As individual cancers, they each represent some 2% to 4.5% ofthe total cancer burden (Table 2-1) The most frequent of these were cancers ofthe bladder (4.6% of all new cancers in EU25), ... tissues ofthe body (e.g breast, lung, skin or bone marrow) continue to grow indefinitely, without reference tothe needs ofthe body Many cancers have the capacity to spread to other parts ofthe ... (12% of total cancer mortality), followed by breast cancer in women (7.3%) and prostate cancer (5.8%) The ten next most frequent types ofcancer account for a further 30% ofthe total burden of cancer...