Another example, drawn from my practice: A young woman's suicide attempt, of which she is deeply ashamed, is reframed in a family therapy session as her way of communicating to herself and her family the intensity of her distress as well as her recognition of the hidden distress in her ...
If a woman no longer feels embarrassment in relation to changes in her breasts following a campaign, it does not mean that her expected survival from breast cancer will be automatically increased by 0.6 percentage points. In addition, the possibility that these associations may be stronger or ...
For example, it would be incorrect to assume that by simply increasing awareness about an additional cancer symptom would mean that a person can expect an increase in cancer survival by 1.65 percentage point (if and when cancer is diagnosed). If a woman no longer feels embarrassment in ...
Treatment for endometriosis will depend on the extent of the disease as well as the woman's age. The location of the implants, the depth to which they penetrate the tissue and their overall size contribute in deciding the appropriate treatment for endometriosis. Analgesics are prescribed to ...
A 71-year-old woman who has never been pregnant and always had normal Pap tests notices spotty vaginal bleeding. A workup is performed and a biopsy reveals cancer. Which of the following is she most likely to have? A. Stage I end...
Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 16-2004. A 76-year-old woman with numbness and pain in the feet and legs N Engl J Med, 350 (2004), pp. 2181-2189 View in Scopus Google Scholar ...
reportA case of high-grade leiomyosarcoma of the bladder with delayed onset and very poor prognosis Case presentation We report a case of a 68 years old woman presenting to the emergency department with macrohematuria and dysuria. She experienced fever ... E Ricciardi,P Maniglio,M Schimberni,...
The earlier cancer is detected, the better the odds of successful treatment. However, under current testing standards, a cancer diagnosis usually happens after a patient has become symptomatic. And by the time a cancer is displaying symptoms, the disease progression can make successful cancer ...
Two TaG1 tumors were detected cystoscopically in a 39-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman where the NMP22BC test was positive and the cytology was negative in both patients. NMP22BC tests sensitivity, PPV and NPV values were detected to be higher compared to cytology and the likelihood...