breast cancer risk Articles
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Analysis of breast cancer in the Massachusetts TB fluoroscopy cohort and in the Japanese A-bomb survivors, taking account of dosimetric error and curvature in the A-bomb dose response: absence of evidence of reduction of risk following fractionated i
Breast cancer has occurred in excess among women exposed briefly to atomic bomb radiation and among those exposed repeatedly over many years to medical radiation for tuberculosis (TB). The breast cancer excess is strongly dependent on age at exposure, with risk highest among the young and small or non-existent when exposure occurs past the menopausal ages. The linear excess relative risk ...
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Gertsen Blinded Validation Project
Summary OTraces in collaboration with the Gertsen Institute in Moscow performed a blinded validation study on OTraces breast cancer detection products, the CDx Chemistry System for processing automated tests for detection of cancer; BC Sera Dx Immunochemistry test kit for the measurements of proteins that are predictive as a group of the presence on breast cancer in women; and the OTraces Cancer ...
By OTraces Inc.
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Introduction and Detection Methods for Phytochemicals
What Are Phytochemicals? Phytochemicals are natural compounds that have only been discovered so far and are natural food pigments. The human body is unable to produce them and must obtain them from food. Soy isoflavones in soybeans, lycopene in tomatoes, catechins in green tea, carotenoids in carrots, zeaxanthin, polyphenols, etc., are all phytochemicals. Classification and Functions of Common ...
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Chronic cadmium exposure promotes nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Chronic cadmium exposure promotes nasopharyngeal carcinoma progression and radioresistance Dr Lin Peng and her team investigate how environmental pollutant exposure influences the risk of cancer development and therapeutic resistance at the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, ...
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Peptides for Osteoporosis Research
Introduction to OsteoporosisOsteoporosis is a systemic multi-causal skeletal disease that is prone to fractures due to changes in systemic bone mass and microstructure of bone tissue, resulting in increased bone fragility. Osteoporosis is a type of disease that is difficult to cure. According to the etiology, it can be divided into primary osteoporosis, secondary osteoporosis and idiopathic ...
By BOC Sciences
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Temple research finds that tweaking CBD may help it curb pain and opioid use in mice
Doylestown-based Neuropathix is running safety tests required to start clinical trials in humans. The compound may help with neuropathy, a severe type of chronic pain associated with cancer treatment. The next generation of cannabis-inspired medicine might be grown in test tubes instead of greenhouses. Researchers at Temple University have partnered with Doylestown-based pharmaceutical company ...
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How does your Vaginal Microbiome Affect your Cancer Risk?
When you hear about the vaginal microbiome (VMB), your first thought may be the role it plays in stuff like yeast infections or bacterial vaginosis (BV). But with improved research, we’re uncovering more of the VMB’s long-term effects, like its role in a healthy pregnancy and delivery. The complex community of organisms living in your vagina even plays a part in your risk of ...
By Juno Bio
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Delivering a precision medicine programme at scale
The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the disparity between those who succumbed to severe illness while others remained relatively unaffected, underscoring the urgent need to shift the healthcare industry’s focus from a one-size-fits-all approach to more personalised healthcare. Personalised medicine promises to transform healthcare with treatments tailored to a patient’s unique genetic ...
By Lifebit
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