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Risk factors of breast cancer and knowledge about the disease: an integrative revision of Latin American studies

Abstract The aim of this integrative review was to compare Latin American literature about risk and knowledge on breast cancer. Of 47 studies selected, 20 were about knowledge or awareness and 27 about risk of breast cancer. English was the dominant language in studies about risk, whereas studies about k...

Implementación del rastreo de cáncer de pulmón en la Administración de Salud de Veteranos
Implementation of lung cancer screening in the Veterans Health Administration

Capítulo 4: Prevención y detección temprana del cáncer colorrectal en población de riesgo promedio. Métodos de tamizaje
Chapter 4: Prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer in the population at average risk. Screening methods

Capítulo 7: Planificación, organización e implementación de programas de pesquisa del cáncer colorrectal. Programas de pesquisa del CCR en el mundo
Chapter 7: Planning, organization and implementation of screening programs for colorectal cancer. Research programs of the CCR in the world

Infecciones y alteraciones epigenéticas en cáncer

Rev. chil. pediatr; 87 (4), 2016
La participación de mecanismos epigenéticos, junto con infecciones en etapas tempranas de la vida, moldean lesiones premalignas del cáncer, en particular el cáncer gástrico, uno de los tumores más frecuentes en Chile, Latinoamérica y el mundo. El principal objetivo de este artículo, como parte de...

Organização dos serviços públicos de saúde bucal para diagnóstico precoce de desordens com potencial de malignização do estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Resumo Estudo sobre a organização dos serviços públicos de saúde no estado do Rio de Janeiro referente ao diagnóstico precoce de desordens com potencial de malignização (DPM). Foram utilizados os dados secundários do banco do primeiro ciclo do Programa de Melhoria do Acesso e Qualidade da Atenç...

Triage strategies in cervical cancer detection in Mexico: methods of the FRIDA Study

Salud pública Méx; 58 (2), 2016
Abstract Objective: This paper describes the study design and baseline characteristics of the study population, including the first 30 829 women who enrolled in the Forwarding Research for Improved Detection and Access for Cervical Cancer Screening and Triage (FRIDA Study). This is a large population ba...

Detección precoz de cáncer pulmonar con tomografía computarizada de tórax en pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica tabáquica

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (2), 2016
Background: Chest computed tomography (CT) scan may improve lung cancer detection at early stages in high risk populations. Aim: To assess the diagnostic performance of chest CT in early lung cancer detection in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Patients and Methods: One hundred...

Eficacia de la prueba de detección del virus del papiloma humano (VPH) para el rastreo de cáncer de cuello uterino
Efficacy of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Screening Test for Cervical Cancer Screening

El Cáncer de Cuello Uterino (CCU) representa la segunda causa de muerte por cáncer en el mundo en mujeres entre los 35 y los 64 años de edad. En Argentina, cada año se diagnostican 4000 casos por año y mueren 1800 mujeres por esta enfermedad. La Organización Mundial de la Salud y la Organización P...

Fecal occult blood test and flexible rectosigmoidoscopy: tools for the screening of colorectal neoplasms in asymptomatic patients

PURPOSE: To assess the feasibility and effectiveness of the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) and flexible rectosigmoidoscopy (RSS), as tools used in the CRC screening, in asymptomatic patients, from 50 years of age. METHODS: The study is transversal and presents a sample of 102 individuals. The FOBT used w...