This is a retrospective study describing the service provision of breast cancer screening services by the Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program (NSBSP) to women aged 50-69 from 2002 to 2006. The study objectives are to describe the need for breast screening, to describe the use of breast ...
Several provinces and territories, including British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Yukon, already offer breast cancer screening starting at age 40. Ontario, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador have committed to doing the same, according to the Canad...
The median overall delay in this study was less than that for a more homogeneous sample of women ascertained by the Nova Scotia Cancer Registry (median delay, 91 days).47 And, with targeted investments to improve access, breast cancer screening has reached near parity between African Americans ...
Denmark is the only country in this study that did not implement national breast cancer screening during 2000–7. Up to 2006, just 20% of the population was covered by screening (Jorgensen et al, 2010). Screening is associated with an increase in the diagnosis of Stage I and II tumours ...
1Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom; 2University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom; 3East of Scotland Breast Screening, Dundee, United Kingdom; 4East of Scotland breast screening, Dundee, United Kingdom Correspondence: Sarah Savaridas Introduction: Breast cancer incidence increases with age...
the three-year Cancer’s Margins project will look at how lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender cancer patients and members of their support networks in British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia experience breast and gynecological cancers fromscreeningand diagnosis to care, treatme...
A review of interval breast cancers diagnosed among participants of the Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program. To conduct a radiologic review of interval breast cancer cases to determine rates of true interval and missed cancers in Nova Scotia, Canada.This quality a... Jennifer,I,Payne,... - 《...
Young breast cancer survivors (aged 50 years and under) and their partners are at an elevated risk for relationship distress and poor psychological adjustment relative to older age couples. Limited availability of time and resources and the distance to travel are major barriers to engaging in eviden...
Rates and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in first 6 months among women in Nova Scotia: a population-based cohort study. CMAJ Open. 2013;1:E9–E17. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Campbell O, Graham WJ. Strategies for reducing maternal mortality: getting on with what ...
Our screening of lncRNAs led to the identification of TNBC/basal-like/CSC-enriched NRAD1 as a new mediator of cell survival within these tumors and cancer cells. Functional characterization revealed that NRAD1 is nuclear localized and binds chromatin leading to changes in gene expression. Targeting...