Understanding Quality-of-Life Issues in Chinese Women with Breast Cancer: A Qualitative InvestigationCancer Control - Tập 12 Số 4_suppl - Trang 6-12 - 2005
Evaon Wong-Kim, Angela Sun, Joseph R. Merighi, Edward A. Chow
Little is known about the cultural beliefs and quality of life (QOL) of US-born and foreign-born Chinese women with breast cancer. We conducted individual semistructured qualitative interviews to explore the meaning of QOL, identify beliefs about cancer, and make comparison between US-born and foreign-born survivors. Women in this study identified the stigma of breast cancer that exists i...... hiện toàn bộ
Endometrial Cancer and Lynch Syndrome: Clinical and Pathologic ConsiderationsCancer Control - Tập 16 Số 1 - Trang 14-22 - 2009
Larissa A. Meyer, Russell R. Broaddus, Karen H. Lu
Background Approximately 2% to 5% of endometrial cancers may be due to an inherited susceptibility. Lynch syndrome, also known as hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) syndrome, an autosomal-dominant inherited cancer susceptibility syndrome caused by a germline mutation in one of the DNA mismatch repair genes, accounts for the majority of inhe...... hiện toàn bộ