Studies suggest that the ability to have biological children is of great importance to many people. The cancer and its treatment often pose a threat to fertility. Rates of permanent infertility and compromised fertility after cancer treatment vary and depend on many factors. Male infertility can result from the disease itself (best documented in patients with testicular cancer and Hodgkin’s lym...

background: cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the world and the most common cancer in developing countries. secondary prevention, achieved through pap smear testing, is the single most effective tool in reducing deaths due to cervical cancer. the aim of this study was to determine factors affecting the belief to obtain a regular pap smear test among women based on ...

background: gold nanoparticles are emerging as promising agents for cancer therapy and are being investigated as drug carriers, photothermal agents, contrast agents and radiosensitisers. objective: the aim of this study is to understand characteristics of secondary electrons generated from interaction of gold nanoparticles gnps with x-rays as a function of nanoparticle size and beam energy and ...

Rates of thyroid cancer in women with a history of breast cancer are higher than expected. Similarly, rates of breast cancer in those with a history of thyroid cancer are increased. Explanations for these associations include detection bias, shared hormonal risk factors, treatment effect, and genetic susceptibility. With increasing numbers of breast and thyroid cancer survivors, clinicians shou...

Purpose Breast cancer survivors have slightly increased the risk of second primary cancers. Breast, colon, uterine, and ovarian cancers are common secondary cancers in breast cancer survivors. In this study, we assessed the development of second primary cancers of breast cancer survivors in Korea. Methods Medical records of patients with breast cancer in 3 tertiary medical institutions were r...

Early diagnosis and timely initiation of treatment of cancer patients may improve survival and quality of life. Various measures of delay can be made during diagnosis and treatment initiation. Most of the studies were based on single type of cancer with different definitions and measurements of delay in diagnosis and treatment. Thus, it has been difficult to synthesize results and generalize to...

Purpose: Secondary lymphedema is a frequent complication of breast cancer associated with surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation following breast cancer treatment. The potential contribution of genetic susceptibility to risk of developing secondary lymphedema following surgical trauma, radiation, and other tissue insults has not been studied. Experimental Design: To determine whether women with br...

BACKGROUND Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) have emerged as important therapeutic agents for the treatment of several types of cancer including lung cancer. Recent research attempts show that only a small population of cancer patients responds to TKI and furthermore, these patients eventually develop resistance. Studies support the classification of resistance in primary and secondary resistanc...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES to describe the current state of the science on secondary lymphedema in patients with head and neck cancer. DATA SOURCES published journal articles and books and data from the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, and other healthcare-related professional association Web sites. DATA SYNTHESIS survivors of head and neck cancer may develop secondary lymphe...