racial disparities in breast and cervical cancer can legislative action work

... Oxaliplatin (Eloxatin®) (Figure 1) are first-line anti -cancer drugs in a broad variety of malignancies, for instance: ovarian cancer, testicular cancer and non small cell lung cancer Cisplatin is inactive ... Cancer 2002, 2:594-604 Siegel R, Ward E, Brawley O, Jemal A: Cancer statistics, 2011: The impact of eliminating socioeconomic and racial disparities on premature cancer deaths CA Cancer J Clin ... regimen for advanced breast cancer ER-positive breast cancers are the most prevalent form of the disease Breast cancer patients with extensive lymph node involvement (advanced breast cancer) have a...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:21

... Cathepsins K, L, and S in Human Breast, Lung, and Cervical Cancer Binbin Chen and Manu O Platt* Abstract Background: Cathepsins K, L, and S are cysteine proteases upregulated in cancer and proteolyze ... of cancer and the three cathepsins studied, cathepsin K in breast tissue was especially unique in that its activity was binary: off in normal tissue and on in cancerous tissue Cathepsin K in breast ... in cathepsin K, L, and S activity profiles between breast, lung, and cervical tissue and changes to these profiles as the cancer stage increased Ductal carcinoma breast cancers arise in the inner...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... nodes) and organs at risk, there is a considerable rate of gastrointestinal and genitourinary morbidity in patients with cervical cancer undergoing pelvic irradiation [10] With a platinum based ... given to the sparing of small bowel Inverse planning input parameters are shown in table Constraints were applied as starting parameters and changed individually for each patient during optimisation ... whether a pelvic 7-field IMRT in prone or supine position can be more efficient regarding the sparing of small bowel, rectum and bladder in patients with cervical cancer Methods Patients 10 patients...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... MICB The CALO and INBL cervical cancer cell lines secrete MICA and MICB and express NKG2D U-937 Figure MICA and MICB induce leukemic myelomonocytic cell line proliferation TPH-1 and U937 cells ... leupeptin, 1-μg/ml pepstatin, 1-μg/ml aprotinin and 1% Triton X-100) The insoluble material was pelleted (15,000 × g for 15 min) at 4°C Total protein content in the lysates was determined using ... epithelial cervical cancer cell lines, CALO and INBL, using polyclonal antibodies against MICA/MICB and anti-NKG2D for western blot and flow cytometric analyses Our results show that MICA, MICB and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:21

... never think you’re going to get it back.” I t is a sunny late September morning in Bradenton, Florida, and I am standing in line at Starbucks with Captain America I go for a decaf, but Paul Azinger ... soccer game in the morning, and then I went and played golf in the afternoon.” Just as Verplank recalls scoring “three or four” goals and shooting 70 in the afternoon that spring day in 1976, Scott ... crown: last in driving distance, last in driving accuracy, and last in greens -in- regulation Scott Verplank 45 “The problem was, I didn’t know how to quit,” he says We are sitting in the dining room...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 23:20

... influence of self- and autonomic regulation on cancer- related fatigue and distress in breast cancer and colorectal cancer patients - a prospective study European Journal of Integrative Medicine ... emotional functioning in breast cancer and global health and particularly social functioning in colorectal cancer could be prognostic indictors of survival [47,48] To clarify if and how strongly ... Karnofsky performance index (KPI) of the cancer survivors was 96.7% (all 92.5%) in breast cancer and 88.2% in colorectal cancer (all 83.3%) at baseline AR sum scale correlates with SR initially with...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Diagnosis and management of head and neck cancer A national clinical guideline, Edinburgh (Scotland): Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network ... research and clinical purpose in order to determine the global functional outcome of speech and voice after the treatment of head and neck cancer It allows quantifying the intelligibility also in severely ... present work Today, ASR is used in many domains [28]: for professional and private use as dictating machines, in call centres when a restricted vocabulary, and “normal” voice quality and speech...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 20:20

... between May 1999 and June 2000, and included 83 patients, 40 to cisplatin and 43 to cisplatin gemcitabine during external radiation [21] A current paradigm in the treatment of cervical cancer with ... used and administered via a peripheral vein to patients in an out-patient setting as follows: 1,000 mL of normal saline for h followed by cisplatin diluted in 500 mL of normal saline containing ... hypogastric, and obturator lymph nodes Cisplatin was administered for weeks during external radiation, beginning on the first day of radiation Cisplatin infusion was administered within h either...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:21

... volume delineation in head -and- neck cancer using CT and PET/CT fusion Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006, 65:726-732 Black QC, Grills IS, Kestin LL, Wong CY, Wong JW, Martinez AA: Defining a radiotherapy ... Cummings B, Dawson L, Keller A, Kim J, Ringash J, Yu E, Hendler A, Waldron J: Intraobserver and interobserver variability in GTV delineation on FDG-PET-CT images of head and neck cancers Int ... were working Certainly, a validation study is ongoing to reconfirm our preliminary finding In conclusion, a suitable threshold or SUV level can be established by an adaptive approach by correlating...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... radiathion therapy in head and neck cancers: an update Head and Neck 2007, 29:387-400 Popovtzer A, Eisbruch A: Advances in radiation therapy of head and neck cancer Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2008, ... contoured by the planner and included as follow: spinal cord, brain stem, left and right parotids; larynx and uninvolved oral cavity were outlined whenever not heavily included in the target Whenever ... Marsh LH, Ship JA: Dose, volume and function relationships in parotid salivary glands following conformal and intensity-modulated irradiation of head and neck cancer Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... Advanced Head -and- Neck Cancer International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 2009, 73:410-415 Cooper J, Fleming ID, editors, HD: Head and Neck Cancer AJCC Manual for Staging of Cancer edition ... (SIB) in head and neck cancer patients Radiat Oncol 2006, 1:7 Feng Y, Kim MHyungjin, et al: Intensity-Modulated Chemoradiotherapy Aiming to Reduce Dysphagia in Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancer: ... patient-reported and objective observer-assessed instruments Patient-reported clinical swallowing function was evaluated using the “European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) head -and- neck...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... failure in patients receiving definitive and postoperative IMRT for head -and- neck cancer Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2003, 55:312-321 Puri DR, Chou W, Lee N: Intensity-modulated radiation therapy in ... Urba S, Lin A, Schipper MJ, Wolf GT: Recurrences near base of skull after IMRT for head -and- neck cancer: implications for target delineation in high neck and for parotid gland sparing Int J Radiat ... function sparing in patients with head -and- neck cancers receiving intensitymodulated or three-dimensional radiation therapy: initial results Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2001, 49:907-916 Vineberg...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... Her-2, Her-3, and Her-4) These receptors are composed of an extra-cellular ligand-binding domain, a hydrophobic transmembrane segment, and an intracellular tyrosine kinase domain Binding to EGFR ... regarding overall survival [29] Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) and RT In preclinical studies, when gefitinib was combined to RT, strikingly greater than additive effects were observed in vivo ... transducers in head and neck cancer (SCCHN) Anticancer Res 2005, 25:1871-1875 Raben D, Bianco C, Milas L, Ang KK: Targeted therapies and radiation for the treatment of head and neck cancer: are we making...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... has been defined by contouring the anatomic region of the initial primary and nodal GTV, considering the preoperative diagnostics and the clinical and histological findings The PTV1 includes the ... performed in all tumors extending to the midline (except of nodally negative sinonasal cancer) , in all large pT2 and any size >pT2 staged primaries In cases of unilateral involvement or cN0, the upper ... Patterns of failure in patients receiving definitive and postoperative IMRT for head -and- neck cancer Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2003, 55(2):312-321 Feng M, Jabbari S, Lin A, Bradford CR, Chepeha...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

... To be included in the study, a patient had to participate in the investigation in an informed and voluntary way The tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki were followed, and the study gained approval ... items and submit that structure to a confirmatory factor analysis We excluded binges and symptoms domains from the model because binges domain was an independent domain and the symptoms domain is ... Quality of life measurements in eating disorders, angina, and transplant candidates: are they comparable? J R Soc Med 1994, 87:441-444 Miller PM: Redefining success in eating disorders Addict Behav...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:21

... domain including components of health status and co-morbidity; (2) Medical Factors domain including components of age at diagnosis and cancer characteristics; (3) Health Efficacy domain including ... describe existing validated multidimensional QOL instruments used in cervical cancer survivors, and to reveal implications of QOL measurement for Chinese cervical cancer survivors Framework of quality ... survivors as being healthy and independent, reclaiming life, psychological well-being or social relationships [5] Chinese cancer survivors view “normal living”, a good working life, happiness, material...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:21

... biomarker class in predicting lung cancer (i.e in risk assessment) could be viewed as akin to other "risk factors" for any disease including lung cancer - non-deterministic, but rather informing further ... 12:22-28 Diederich S: CT screening for lung cancer Cancer Imaging 2008, 8(Suppl A):S24-S26 Aisner J: CT screening for lung cancer: are we ready for widescale application? Clin Cancer Res 2007, 13:4951-4953 ... events in lung cancer development, occurring in the bronchial epithelium of some current and former smokers [29], we did not find methylation in pretested exhaled samples, nor in the lung cancer...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... với típ 16 18 Vắc-xin hiệu 100% Không phải phụ nữ muốn tiêm vắc-xin Không rõ thay HPV 16/18 típ virus khác có giảm lợi ích vắc-xin Vắc-xin có tốn kém? s s s s s Đó loại vắc-xin đắt tiền từ xưa ... chỗ* U sùi sinh dục* 95.2% 46.4% 98.9% 68.5% * Chỉ có tổn thương vắc-xin típ HPV gây ra; không bao gồm bệnh típ HPV không tiêm vắc-xin Những tổn thương CTC không 16/18 gì? s s s Vắc xin chủ động ... 3,700 Vắc-xin HPV không phòng ngừa trường hợp x Một số phụ nữ Mỹ lựa chọn không tiêm vắcxin x Nhiều phụ nữ Mỹ nhấp cư không tiêm vắc-xin x Một số người bị ung thư cổ tử cung dù có tiêm vắc-xin Kết...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 12:40

... HPV vaccine (in the US) Effectiveness of Cervical Cancer Screening Programs Which to choose? Part Effectiveness of HPV vaccine in screened populations HPV and Cervical Cancer Cervical cancer is ... of Cervical Cancer Screening Programs Cervical Cancer: Nat’l History Pap smears are the most effective screening test ever invented This is not controversial The natural history of cervical cancer ... effective in reducing incidence and mortality The main benefit in a well-screened population will be in decreasing preinvasive lesions What about in a population with less effective screening? Part...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 12:40