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Increasing Information-Seeking About Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Through Community Partnerships in African American and Hispanic Communities.

Kreuter MW, Fernandez ME, Brown M, Cofta-Woerpel L, Pfeiffer D, Adams-Piphus B, Krebill H, Gonzalez DA, Campos DM, Kirklin GT, Betsworth S, Casey C, Luke D

Health Communication Research Laboratory (Dr Kreuter, Ms Pfeiffer, and Mr Casey), George Warren Brown School of Social Work (Dr Luke), Washington University, and East Central Missouri Area Health Education Centers (Ms Adams-Piphus), and Transtria LLC (Ms Betsworth), St Louis, Missouri; Health Promotion and Behavior Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center (Dr Fernandez), and Department of Behavioral Science, Division of OVP, Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Dr Coefta-Woerpel), and Houston Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure (Ms Kirklin), Houston, Texas; Chronic Disease Prevention, Jefferson County Health Department, Arnold, Missouri (Ms Brown); Midwest Cancer Alliance, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas (Ms Krebill); and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Institute for Health Promotion Research, Texas (Mss Gonzalez and Campos).

This study tested the feasibility of promoting 1-800-4-CANCER through partnerships with organizations serving African American and Hispanic communitie... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

The impact of obesity on follow-up after an abnormal screening mammogram.

Schur EA, Elmore JG, Tracy O, Wernli KJ, Sickles E, Haneuse S

1Medicine, University of Washington.

BACKGROUND: Effective breast cancer screening and early detection are crucial for obese women, who experience a higher incidence of the disease and p... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

A population-based study of prevalence and adherence trends in average risk colorectal cancer screening, 1997-2008.

Sinicrope PS, Goode EL, Limburg PJ, Vernon SW, Wick JB, Patten CA, Decker PA, Hanson AC, Smith CA, Beebe TJ, Sinicrope FA, Lindor NM, Brockman TA, Melton LJ, Petersen GM

1Medical Genetics, Mayo Clinic.

BACKGROUND: Increasing colorectal cancer screening (CRCS) is important for attaining the Healthy People 2020 goal of reducing CRC-related morbidity an... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Urinary estrogens and estrogen metabolites and subsequent risk of breast cancer among premenopausal women.

Eliassen AH, Spiegelman D, Xu X, Keefer LK, Veenstra TD, Barbieri RL, Willett WC, Hankinson SE, Ziegler RG

Channing Laboratory, Harvard School of Medicine and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Endogenous estrogens and estrogen metabolism are hypothesized to be associated with premenopausal breast cancer risk but evidence is limited. We exami... Read More

Source: PubMed

Cancer Prev Res (Phila)    

Molecular biomarkers of risk in premalignancy and breast cancer prevention.

Allred DC

Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8118, St. Louis, MO 63110. dcallred@path.wustl.edu.

About 50,000 U.S. women are diagnosed with breast atypical hyperplasia each year, giving them about a six-fold increased relative risk of developing i... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

FGFR2 genotype and risk of radiation-associated breast cancer in Hodgkin lymphoma.

Ma YP, van Leeuwen FE, Cooke R, Broeks A, Enciso-Mora V, Olver B, Lloyd A, Broderick P, Russell NS, Janus C, Ashworth A, Houlston RS, Swerdlow AJ

Section of Cancer Genetics, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom;

Women treated at young ages with supradiaphragmatic radiotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) have a highly increased risk of breast cancer. For personal... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Accuracy of Unenhanced MR Imaging in the Detection of Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis: Study of Reproducibility and Reliability.

Scaranelo AM, Eiada R, Jacks LM, Kulkarni SR, Crystal P

Department of Medical Imaging, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 610 University Ave, Room 3-922, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2M9.

Purpose:To investigate the accuracy, reproducibility, and reliability of unenhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging techniques for detecting metastati... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 6  

Pre-Prosthetic surgical alterations in maxillectomy to enhance the prosthetic prognoses as part of rehabilitation of oral cancer patient.

El Fattah H, Zaghloul A, Pedemonte E, Escuin T

C/ Bailén 212 esc. B ent. 3 08037 Barcelona, Spain enricpedemonte@ub.edu.

Objectives: After maxillectomy, prosthetic restoration of the resulting defect is an essential step because it signals the beginning of patient's reha... Read More

Source: PubMed

    

Increasing Information-Seeking About Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Through Community Partnerships in African American and Hispanic Communities.

Kreuter MW, Fernandez ME, Brown M, Cofta-Woerpel L, Pfeiffer D, Adams-Piphus B, Krebill H, Gonzalez DA, Campos DM, Kirklin GT, Betsworth S, Casey C, Luke D

Health Communication Research Laboratory (Dr Kreuter, Ms Pfeiffer, and Mr Casey), George Warren Brown School of Social Work (Dr Luke), Washington University, and East Central Missouri Area Health Education Centers (Ms Adams-Piphus), and Transtria LLC (Ms Betsworth), St Louis, Missouri; Health Promotion and Behavior Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center (Dr Fernandez), and Department of Behavioral Science, Division of OVP, Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Dr Coefta-Woerpel), and Houston Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure (Ms Kirklin), Houston, Texas; Chronic Disease Prevention, Jefferson County Health Department, Arnold, Missouri (Ms Brown); Midwest Cancer Alliance, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas (Ms Krebill); and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Institute for Health Promotion Research, Texas (Mss Gonzalez and Campos).

This study tested the feasibility of promoting 1-800-4-CANCER through partnerships with organizations serving African American and Hispanic communitie... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 2  

Radiation in vulvar cancer.

Sharma DN

Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Vulvar cancer is a relatively rare gynecological malignancy afflicting elderly women. Although radiation therapy plays an important... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Bone turnover markers: Tools for prognosis and monitoring response to bisphosphonates?

Lipton A, Costa L, Coleman RE

Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, College of Medicine, Penn State University, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA.

Skeletal homeostasis is maintained by spatially coupled and balanced processes of osteolysis and osteogenesis. Several factors across the breast cance... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

The impact of obesity on follow-up after an abnormal screening mammogram.

Schur EA, Elmore JG, Tracy O, Wernli KJ, Sickles E, Haneuse S

1Medicine, University of Washington.

BACKGROUND: Effective breast cancer screening and early detection are crucial for obese women, who experience a higher incidence of the disease and p... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

A population-based study of prevalence and adherence trends in average risk colorectal cancer screening, 1997-2008.

Sinicrope PS, Goode EL, Limburg PJ, Vernon SW, Wick JB, Patten CA, Decker PA, Hanson AC, Smith CA, Beebe TJ, Sinicrope FA, Lindor NM, Brockman TA, Melton LJ, Petersen GM

1Medical Genetics, Mayo Clinic.

BACKGROUND: Increasing colorectal cancer screening (CRCS) is important for attaining the Healthy People 2020 goal of reducing CRC-related morbidity an... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Urinary estrogens and estrogen metabolites and subsequent risk of breast cancer among premenopausal women.

Eliassen AH, Spiegelman D, Xu X, Keefer LK, Veenstra TD, Barbieri RL, Willett WC, Hankinson SE, Ziegler RG

Channing Laboratory, Harvard School of Medicine and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Endogenous estrogens and estrogen metabolism are hypothesized to be associated with premenopausal breast cancer risk but evidence is limited. We exami... Read More

Source: PubMed

Cancer Prev Res (Phila)    

Molecular biomarkers of risk in premalignancy and breast cancer prevention.

Allred DC

Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8118, St. Louis, MO 63110. dcallred@path.wustl.edu.

About 50,000 U.S. women are diagnosed with breast atypical hyperplasia each year, giving them about a six-fold increased relative risk of developing i... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

FGFR2 genotype and risk of radiation-associated breast cancer in Hodgkin lymphoma.

Ma YP, van Leeuwen FE, Cooke R, Broeks A, Enciso-Mora V, Olver B, Lloyd A, Broderick P, Russell NS, Janus C, Ashworth A, Houlston RS, Swerdlow AJ

Section of Cancer Genetics, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom;

Women treated at young ages with supradiaphragmatic radiotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) have a highly increased risk of breast cancer. For personal... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Accuracy of Unenhanced MR Imaging in the Detection of Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis: Study of Reproducibility and Reliability.

Scaranelo AM, Eiada R, Jacks LM, Kulkarni SR, Crystal P

Department of Medical Imaging, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 610 University Ave, Room 3-922, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2M9.

Purpose:To investigate the accuracy, reproducibility, and reliability of unenhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging techniques for detecting metastati... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 6  

Pre-Prosthetic surgical alterations in maxillectomy to enhance the prosthetic prognoses as part of rehabilitation of oral cancer patient.

El Fattah H, Zaghloul A, Pedemonte E, Escuin T

C/ Bailén 212 esc. B ent. 3 08037 Barcelona, Spain enricpedemonte@ub.edu.

Objectives: After maxillectomy, prosthetic restoration of the resulting defect is an essential step because it signals the beginning of patient's reha... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 2  

Radiation in vulvar cancer.

Sharma DN

Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Vulvar cancer is a relatively rare gynecological malignancy afflicting elderly women. Although radiation therapy plays an important... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Bone turnover markers: Tools for prognosis and monitoring response to bisphosphonates?

Lipton A, Costa L, Coleman RE

Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, College of Medicine, Penn State University, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA.

Skeletal homeostasis is maintained by spatially coupled and balanced processes of osteolysis and osteogenesis. Several factors across the breast cance... Read More

Source: PubMed


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