prevention and early detection of prostate cancer

... 078. Prevention and Early Detection of Cancer (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 78. Prevention and Early Detection of Cancer Prevention and Early Detection of Cancer: ... Improved understanding of carcinogenesis has allowed cancer prevention and early detection (also known as cancer control) to expand beyond the identification and avoidance of carcinogens. Specific ... prevent cancer in those at risk, and more sensitive and specific screening for early detection of cancer are the goals. Carcinogenesis is not simply an event but a process, a continuum of discrete...

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... through use of protective clothing and changing patterns of outdoor activities can reduce skin cancer risk. Sunscreens decrease the Chapter 078. Prevention and Early Detection of Cancer (Part ... of breast and prostate cancer by absorbing and inactivating dietary estrogenic and androgenic cancer promoters. However, two large prospective cohort studies of >100,000 health professionals ... >100,000 health professionals showed no association between fruit and vegetable intake and risk of cancer. The Polyp Prevention Trial randomly assigned 2000 elderly persons, who had polyps removed,...

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... thought to act as cancer initiators and/ or promoters. Chapter 078. Prevention and Early Detection of Cancer (Part 3) Cancer Chemoprevention Chemoprevention involves the use of specific natural ... gas Cancer of the lung, head and neck, nasal sinuses Nickel dust Cancer of the lung, nasal sinuses Phenacetin Cancer of the renal pelvis and bladder Polycyclic hydrocarbons Cancer of the ... before the development of invasive malignancy. Cancer develops through an accumulation of genetic and epigenetic changes that are potential points of intervention to prevent cancer. The initial...

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... mortality from that cancer, and the rationale for the early detection of breast cancer is similar. Fifty years ago, there was no established method for the detection of breast cancer at an early stage ... $40,000 offered, detection of early breast cancer, especially in may be used over 3-year period. the areas of biological or immunological methods for the detection of early- stage breast cancer. New ... de- Mammography and Beyond: Developing Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer Committee on Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer Sharyl J. Nass, I. Craig Henderson, and Joyce...

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... sensitivity of 89% and a specificity of 97% for the detection of early stage ovarian cancer. Furthermore, the sensitivity and the specificity of this panel in distinguishing between normal and mucinous ... resulting from the lack of reliable, sensitive screening tests and our limited understanding of the mechanisms of chemoresistance and relapse. More than two-thirds of cases of ovarian cancers are diagnosed ... sensitivity of 94% and a specificity of 94% for serous ovarian carcinoma in its early stage, and a sensitivity of 98% and a specificity of 98% for endometrioid ovarian carcinoma in its early stage...

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... online to: Cancer. gov: http://www .cancer. gov /cancer_ information/ bladder cancer | breast cancer | colon cancer | liver cancer | lung cancer | oesophageal cancer | ovarian cancer | prostate cancer LocusLink: ... serum of prostate cancer patients from non -cancer cohorts. A test set of serum samples yielded a sensitivity of 83% and specificity of 97% for the study population when comparing the prostate cancer ... diagnostic tools for the early detection of cancer. PROSTATE- SPECIFIC ANTIGEN The serum level of this protein increases in some men who have prostate cancer or certain benign prostate conditions. GENOMIC...

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... for the detection of proteins and protein complexes: quantitation of HER1 and HER2 total protein expression and homodimerization in formalin-fixed, paraffin- embedded cell lines and breast cancer ... the National Institutes of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Results and discussion Characterization of nanoparticles ... 4g), and none with CHO cells (Figure 4h). These results are consistent with the quantitation of surface-expr essed Her2 antigens (Figure 2), and with the detection of Her2 antigen by immunofluorescence...

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... proliferation, apoptosis and other metabolic events in prostate cancer [14]. Taken together, a combination of gene amplification and androgen stimulation may cause overexpression of TPD52 in prostate cancer. TPD52 undergoes ... Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Greifswald, Germany 2 Department of Urology, University of Greifswald, Germany 3 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of ... rate of prostate cancer has been decreased significantly. In spite of all new treatment strategies to increase survival, PCA is the most com- mon type of cancer found in men in Western countries and...

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... shown to have sensitivity and specificity rates of 93 and 98%. 15,16 One explanation for this discrepancy is that early lesions of oral cancer and precancer are often subtle and rarely demonstrate ... results of an exit survey of seven dental schools. J Cancer Educ 2002;17(2):83–4. 92. Horowitz AM, Canto MT, Child WL. Maryland adults’ perspec- tives on oral cancer prevention and early detection. ... mouthrinse in the detection of oral cancer and precancer. J Oral Pathol Med 1996;25(3):97–103. 53. Onofre MA, Sposto MR, Navarro CM. Reliability of toluidine blue application in the detection of oral epithelial...

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