prevalence of functional impairment in older cancer patients

... Socio-Demographic and Clinical Information Data pertaining to the patients socio-demographic information were obtained using a self-administered questionnaire The patient’s cancer status, in terms of disease ... preference-based instruments, which incorporate broad domains covering all aspects of QOL Furthermore, most items in the investigated instruments, except those in the HUI2/3, incorporate aspects of coping ... Previous studies have shown that cancer patients emotional and functional well-being increase in the absence of corresponding increase in physical wellbeing, suggesting adaptation to physical limitations...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... Socio-Demographic and Clinical Information Data pertaining to the patients socio-demographic information were obtained using a self-administered questionnaire The patient’s cancer status, in terms of disease ... preference-based instruments, which incorporate broad domains covering all aspects of QOL Furthermore, most items in the investigated instruments, except those in the HUI2/3, incorporate aspects of coping ... Previous studies have shown that cancer patients emotional and functional well-being increase in the absence of corresponding increase in physical wellbeing, suggesting adaptation to physical limitations...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:22

... Severity of illness at inception (within the first day of ICU admission) was assessed using the APACHE II score and intensity of care using the TISS score [15,16] Patients were classified into three ... described a similar incidence of hypernatraemia in a medical ICU in Austria, but reported higher hospital mortality rates in patients presenting with hypernatraemia than in those acquiring the disorder ... and surrounding areas (population 1.2 million) in the province of Alberta, Canada [14] All critically ill adult patients in the CHR are managed in ICUs under the care of the Department of Critical...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:31

... zinc—10% of women/men older than 50; iron—25% of menstruating women and 5% of women over 50; vitamin C—25% of women/men; folate—50% of women and 25% of men; vitamin B—10% of women/men; vitamin ... al 2002b) Increasing antioxidant intake in those persons with low intakes may help to prevent cancer but it is difficult to disentangle dietary intake of individual vitamins or minerals in epidemiological ... different amounts of each vitamin or mineral If a minimum amount of a specific vitamin or mineral is required for protection against a specific cancer, then it may be inadequacy of individual foods...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 22:20

... that of women 65 and older; however, the incidence of breast cancer in middle-aged women is almost as great as the incidence of lung and colorectal cancer in older women The Burden of Cancer in ... analyses of national databases to gain insight into the burden of cancer among American adults, including cancer morbidity and mortality, coexisting conditions experienced by cancer patients ... cancers are prostate cancer, accounting for 31% of new cancers in men, and breast cancer, accounting for 32% of new cancers in women Affecting both men and women, lung and colorectal cancers are the...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 22:20

... increases in lung cancer risk following Hodgkin’s disease A total of 98 cases of lung cancer were identified in patients who had survived for at least one year following a diagnosis of Hodgkin’s ... way of obtaining information on the burden and patterns of cancer in developing countries, as well as providing a focus for research into etiology and prevention The discussion in the rest of ... programmes making use of the information they collect 17.6.1 Planning of cancer control programmes Accurate information on cancer occurrence is important in fixing priorities and targeting cancer control...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 04:20

... diverse and ever-changing array of plant toxins in an evolving world; if a herbivore had defenses against only a set of specific toxins, it would be at a great disadvantage in obtaining new food when ... health through increasing scientific understanding about how to prevent cancer (e.g., the role of diet), increasing public understanding of how lifestyle influences health and improving our ability ... Rates Are Soaring Cancer death rates overall in the U.S (excluding lung cancer due to smoking) have declined 16 percent since 1950.1 If lung cancer is included, mortality rates have increased over...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 04:20

... burden of cancer in Asia Uterine cervix India and Cambodia have the highest incidence rates of uterine cervix cancer, and China and Japan have the lowest rates Incidence rates for cancer of the ... than 4% of the world’s new cases of each of these cancers occur in the United States In of these Asian countries, lung cancer has the highest incidence rate (age-standardized) of all cancers in males, ... male colorectal cancers worldwide 22 The burden of cancer in Asia Percent of new worldwide cases of cancer in males by country, for each site Worldwide number of new cases of cancer in males (Thousands)...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 01:20

... for expression of the recombinant glutathione-S-transferase (GST) fusion protein in Escherichia coli The recombinant protein contained an engineered enterokinase cleavage site in the junction ... resulted in lower yields of the recombinant Rv1771 protein, thus suggesting that the detergent helps solubilize the protein The affinity-purified protein was concentrated by using Strataclean resin, ... Analysis of the denatured Rv1771 protein by SDS ⁄ PAGE according to the method of Nishikimi et al [23] did not reveal the presence of any fluorescent protein band, thus pointing to the absence of a...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 12:20

... đợc cấy trì in vitro trớc chứng minh virut kính hiển vi điện tử tế bào nuôi cấy hoạt tính sinh học Việc sử dụng kính hiển vi điện tử để nghiên cứu bệnh phẩm sinh học lúc cha có kinh nghiệm cha ... Các công trình nghiên cứu cuối chứng minh glycoprotein tinh khiết MA (gp 340) cảm ứng sản xuất kháng thể trung hoà virut đáp ứng Tc tiêm MA cho khỉ đầu (Saguinus oedipus oedipuss) sau ngời ta biết ... chứng minh gây nhiễm trùng sinh sản cấp tính cho tiếp xúc nguyên phát dạng tiềm ẩn kéo dài đời sống tế bào B tế bào khác với việc chậm gây tăng sinh 105 limphô và/hay biến chứng tăng sinh limphô...

Ngày tải lên: 11/03/2014, 00:20

... taken into the study Of those cooking, laundry, cleaning and transactions outside home are classified as instrumental ADLs (IADL) and eating, washing, dressing and undressing, getting in and out of ... upwards Second, increasing the quality of care increases resources needed The two assumptions induce opposite shifts in resource needs From policy target setting point of view, we try to find an answer ... existence Table Probabilities in having problems in activities of daily living for interviewees with a certain sickness or injury The average predictions of the probability model Injured after an accident*...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 17:20

... the design and interpretation of such trials is given in the first IARC Handbook of Cancer Prevention10 Review of the role of diet in the aetiology of the major cancers Cancers of the oral cavity, ... Food contaminated with aflatoxin convincingly increases the risk of liver cancer However, this contamination occurs mainly in areas where hepatitis viruses are a major cause of liver cancer, and ... overweight/obesity, limiting alcohol intake and increasing physical activity will reduce cancer risk, as will limiting consumption of Chinese-style salted fish and minimising dietary exposure to aflatoxin in populations...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 01:20

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 21:56

... understanding of PE intoxication is incomplete One important missing element is an understanding of the role of domain II in PE intoxication It has been suggested that domain II assists in the translocation ... one lies in domain II (C265C287) and one lies in domain Ib (C372-C379) Figure illustrates the domain structure of native PE Functionally, domain I of PE is the receptor-binding domain, and is ... the virulence of P aeruginosa Strains of P aeruginosa deficient in PE production are less virulent than strains producing PE, and patients who survive infection from PE-producing strains typically...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 15:21

... and billing and clinical decision-support systems • Providing financial support for continuing technical assistance, training, and information technology maintenance • Including in purchasing decisions ... Consultant in Systems Engineering, Ann Arbor ALLEN DANIELS, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and CEO of ... critical mass of interdisciplinary research partnerships involving usual settings of care Stakeholders should include consumers /patients, parents or guardians of children, clinicians and clinical teams,...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21

... in women living in low-income countries, age-adjusted incidence is increasing, and the rates of increase are often greater in these countries Globally, estimates indicate that breast cancer incidence ... become increasingly urbanised and industrialised Projections indicate that rates of cancer in general are liable to increase Chapter outlines current understanding of the biology of the cancer ... risk of chronic diseases, including cancer C H A P T E R • I N T E R N AT I O N A L stabilising.20 The incidence of cancer of the oesophagus has remained stable since the 1980s and cancers of...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21

... consumption of alcohol in the UK in 2010 DM Parkin S19 12 Cancers in 2010 attributable to ionising radiation exposure in the UK DM Parkin and SC Darby Tobacco-attributable cancer burden in the UK in 2010 ... 2010 DM Parkin S14 11 Cancers attributable to infection in the UK in 2010 DM Parkin S77 S6 10 Cancers attributable to exposure to hormones in the UK in 2010 DM Parkin S73 The fraction of cancer attributable ... environmental factors in the UK in 2010: Introduction DM Parkin S42 S70 S2 Cancers attributable to inadequate physical exercise in the UK in 2010 DM Parkin S66 Foreword: The fraction of cancer attributable...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21

... smoke may increase the risk of birth defects and childhood cancer in offspring (25, 26) One epidemiological study suggests that the rate of childhood cancers is increased in offspring of male smokers: ... #1: Cancer rates are soaring Overall cancer death rates in the U.S (excluding lung cancer due to smoking) have declined 19% since 1950 (1) The types of cancer deaths that have decreased since ... main breakdown compound of glucobrassicin, a glucosinolate that is present in large amounts in vegetables of the Brassica genus, including broccoli, and gives rise to the potent Ah binder, indole...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21

... Our findings similarly indicate that investments in improving the quality of health provider activities promoting positive prenatal development may result in a shift in the distribution of height ... thalidomide, smoking, and alcohol and drug abuse The long-term effects of such insults ultimately depend on a range of interrelated factors, including maternal health status and the timing of the insult ... significant, suggesting that financial access may also be a factor in explaining low weight for age Interestingly, none of the socioeconomic factors is associated with the odds of being low weight...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 06:20