Cancer of the Esophagus (Esophageal Adenocarcinoma)
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Dr. Kurt Barrett
Former Texas governor Ann Richards recently died of esophageal cancer (she had squamous cell type). Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EA) is: -The most RAPIDLY growing incidence of ANY CANCER in the country. -Occurrence of this cancer is DOUBLING every 5 years. -This cancer is STRONGLY ASS ...
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Relapse-related molecular signature for lung adenocarcinoma
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Mark Pool, MD
... in J Clin Oncol(link to abstract) where a group from Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan have developed a genetic signature to identify patients with lung adenocarcinoma with a high probability of relapse. They analyzed whole-genome expression profiles in 117 lung adenocarcinoma specimens using microarrays and identified a rela ...
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Is “clinically insignificant adenocarcinoma of the prostate” a viable diagnosis?
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Dr. Arnon K.
In a recent paper on development of (yet another) nomogram designed to predict the probability of prostate cancer, the authors begin by stating the following:Overtreatment of prostate cancer … is a concern, especially in patients who might qualify for the diagnosis of insignificant prostate cancer ….This raises what may be a very interesting questi ...
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Barrett's Esophagus
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Dr. Anshu Gupta
... vere complication of chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and would be of no real importance were not for the well recognized association of Barrett's esophagus and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. The incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus due to Barrett's Esophagus and GERD is on the rise and the five year survival rate for this c ...
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Occupational exposures and sino-nasal cancer
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Annet Lenderink
... suspected occupational risk factors and, in particular, those in metalworking.Some occupational risk factors were confirmed: wood dust, leather dust and organic solvents for adenocarcinoma and welding fumes and arsenic insquamous cell carcinoma. Treating cumulative exposure on a continuous scale, a significant effect of textile dusts was also obse ...
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Sino-nasal cancer has been consi ...
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Annet Lenderink
... suspected occupational risk factors and, in particular, those in metalworking.Some occupational risk factors were confirmed: wood dust, leather dust and organic solvents for adenocarcinoma and welding fumes and arsenic insquamous cell carcinoma. Treating cumulative exposure on a continuous scale, a significant effect of textile dusts was also obse ...
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