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
Anemia of Aging: A Model of Erythropoiesis in Cancer PatientsCancer Control - Tập 5 Số 2_suppl - Trang 17-21 - 1998
Lodovico Balducci, Cheryl L. Hardy
Anemia produces deleterious effects in the older patient with cancer and corresponds with an increasing prevalence of comorbid conditions. Erythropoietin can improve anemia of chronic disease, the most common form of anemia in the elderly.
Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Intrahepatic CholangiocarcinomaCancer Control - Tập 24 Số 3 - Trang 107327481772924 - 2017
Nader N. Massarweh, Hashem B. El‐Serag
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) are the most frequently occurring types of primary liver cancer and together are among the most common incident cancers worldwide. There are a number of modifiable and nonmodifiable HCC and ICC risk factors that have been reported. A review of the existing literature the epidemiology and risk factors for HCC and ICC ...... hiện toàn bộ