British Journal of CancerSolheim T. S., Fayers P. M., Fladvad T., Tan B., Skorpen F., Fearon K., et al. 2011 Is there a genetic cause for cancer cachexia? - a clinical validation study in 1797 patients. Br. J. Cancer 105 , 1244–1251....
Complex genetic predisposition to cancer in an extended HNPCC family with an ancestral hMLH1 mutation Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is characterised by a genetic predisposition to develop colorectal cancer at an early age and, to a less... P Hutter,A Couturier,RJ Scott,......
Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Patients: Is Everyone Who Needs a Test Getting a Test?Annals of Surgical Oncology -doi:10.1245/s10434-020-09180-4Danielle R. HellerSection of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USAAnn-Kristin U. Friedrich...
Human papilloma virus (HPV) is a major risk factor for the development of cervical cancer. As only some infected women develop cancer, other factors must be important for disease development. Genetic epidemiological studies show that genetic factors contribute significantly to disease risk. Genetic sus...
Comprehensive gene panel testing, one of the exciting new tools in cancer diagnostics, warrants greater scrutiny—as does a federal program aimed at speeding up the review process for proposed new medical technologies. Those are the conclusions of Yale m
Genetic(基因的)engineering is the scientific change of the genetic material in a living organism. It allows scientists to identify specific genes, to remove them from an organism's chromosomes (染色体), improve them, analyze them, and possibly clone them, and to then reinsert...
Answer to: Metastatic cancer is ___. (a) terminally differentiated (b) malignant (c) invasive (d) Both (b) and (c) (e) All of the above. By...
In nonsmokers, the No. 1 cause of lung cancer is radon gas. Radon is a gas in the soil of some parts of the country. It can seep into homes and get into the air. You can't smell radon gas. The only way to know your home has it is to test for it. ...
Is there a genetic predisposition of patients with non-hereditary chronic pancreatitis to develop pancreatic cancer?rupture of the spleenacute pancreatitischronic pancreatitissplenectomypancreatectomyBackground: Accessory spleen is a common congenital anomaly. There are currently no endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) ...
Chan-Smutko G, Patel D, Shannon KM, Ryan PD. Professional challenges in cancer genetic testing: who is the patient? The Oncologist. 2008; 13 (3):232–238. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2007-0203. [ Cross Ref ]Chan-Smutko G, Patel D, Shannon K, Ryan PD. Professional challenges in ...