Life Beyond Breast Cancer - Editorials - American Family Physician
Jun 1, 2010 - Advertisement << Previous article Next article >> Jun 1, 2010 Issue Editorials Life Beyond Breast Cancer AMBER L. ISLEY, MD, Jacksonville, Florida. DAWN MUSSALLEM-BUSS, MD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida. Am Fam Physician. 2010 Jun 1;81(11):1330-1332. Related Article As family...
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Primary Care of Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer - American Family Physician
May 15, 2010 - There are approximately 300,000 survivors of childhood cancer in the United States, and most of them receive their medical care from primary care physicians. Adult survivors of childhood cancer are at considerable risk of long-term morbidity and mortality beyond the recurrence of their ...
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Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Recommendation Statement - U.S. Preventive Services ...
Apr 15, 2010 - The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for colorectal cancer in adults using fecal occult blood test (FOBT), sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy, beginning at 50 years of age and continuing until 75 years of age. The risks and benefits of these screening methods...
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Screening for Colorectal Cancer - Putting Prevention into Practice - American Family ...
Apr 15, 2010 - Case study: N.P., a 51-year-old man, comes to your office because one of his friends was recently diagnosed with colorectal cancer. He is wondering whether he should be screened too.
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ASCO Updates Guideline on the Use of Pharmacologic Interventions to Reduce Breast ...
Mar 15, 2010 - The American Society of Clinical Oncology's (ASCO) updated guideline addresses: (1) the use of tamoxifen, raloxifene (Evista), aromatase inhibitors, and fenretinide (not available in the United States) versus no pharmacologic intervention to reduce the risk of breast cancer; (2) the ...
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ASCO and AUA Release Guideline on Prostate Cancer Chemoprevention with 5-Alpha ...
Jan 1, 2010 - The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and American Urological Association (AUA) developed a practice guideline on the benefits and harms of 5-alpha reductase inhibitors for prevention of prostate cancer.
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Endometrial Cancer - American Family Physician
Nov 15, 2009 - Endometrial cancer is the leading cause of gynecologic cancer in the United States. Etiologically, endometrial carcinoma usually results from unopposed estrogen stimulation of the endometrium, although non-estrogen-related forms occur as well. The most common presentation of endometrial...
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Bladder Cancer - American Family Physician
Oct 1, 2009 - Bladder cancer is the sixth most prevalent malignancy in the United States. The most common type of bladder cancer is urothelial (transitional cell) carcinoma, and cystoscopy remains the mainstay of diagnosis and surveillance. Fluorescence cystoscopy offers improvement in the detection ...
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Exercise for the Management of Cancer-Related Fatigue - Cochrane for Clinicians - ...
Oct 1, 2009 - Aerobic and resistance-training exercise programs lead to decreased overall fatigue and an improved quality of life during and after treatment of cancer.
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Ovarian Cancer: An Overview - American Family Physician
Sep 15, 2009 - Although ovarian cancer may occur at any age, it is more common in patients older than 50 years. Patients often present with nonspecific pelvic or abdominal symptoms. Initial diagnostic tests include transvaginal ultrasonography and serum cancer antigen 125 measurement; however, these ...
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ACG Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening - Practice Guidelines - American Family ...
Sep 15, 2009 - The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) updated its recommendations on screening for colorectal cancer in 2008, and continues to support colonoscopy in average-risk patients every 10 years based on the evidence of effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and patient acceptance.
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Estimating the Risk of Ovarian Cancer - Point-of-Care Guides - American Family Physician
Sep 15, 2009 - Every year, 25,000 women in the United States (about one in 3,000 women older than 40 years) receive ovarian cancer diagnoses, and 14,000 die of the disease. Risk factors for ovarian cancer include family history of ovarian cancer, personal history of breast cancer, obesity, not ...
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Screening for Prostate Cancer: Recommendation Statement - U.S. Preventive Services Task...
Aug 15, 2009 - The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of prostate cancer screening in men younger than 75 years.
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Update on ASCCP Consensus Guidelines for Abnormal Cervical Screening Tests and Cervical...
Jul 15, 2009 - New data have emerged since publication of the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology's 2001 consensus guidelines for management of abnormal cervical cytology and histology. The 2006 guidelines include recommendations for special populations (i.e., adolescents and ...
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Routine Aspirin or Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs for the Primary Prevention of ...
Feb 15, 2009 - Case study: B.L., a 37-year-old Asian man, comes to your office for a physical examination. He mentions that he started taking a daily aspirin because he heard that it would reduce his risk of heart attack and colorectal cancer.
American Family Physician : Putting Prevention into Practice
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Assessing Breast Cancer Risk in Women - American Family Physician
Dec 15, 2008 - Understanding modifiable and nonmodifiable factors that increase or decrease breast cancer risk allows family physicians to counsel women appropriately. Nonmodifiable factors associated with increased breast cancer risk include advanced age, female sex, family history of breast cancer, ...
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Colorectal Cancer: A Summary of the Evidence for Screening and Prevention - American ...
Dec 15, 2008 - Colorectal cancer causes significant morbidity and mortality in the United States. The incidence of colorectal cancer can be reduced with increasing efforts directed at mass screening of average-risk adults 50 years and older. Currently, fecal occult blood test and flexible ...
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Prostate Cancer Screening: The Continuing Controversy - American Family Physician
Dec 15, 2008 - Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men, with a lifetime prevalence of 17 percent. Prostate cancer symptoms generally occur in advanced stages, making early detection desirable. Digital rectal examination and prostate-specific antigen testing are the most commonly used ...
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Cancer Screening in the Older Patient - American Family Physician
Dec 15, 2008 - Although there are clear guidelines that advise at what age to begin screening for various cancers, there is less guidance concerning when it may be appropriate to stop screening. The decision to stop screening must take into account patients' age; overall health and life expectancy; ...
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Colorectal Cancer Screening Works—If We Do It - Editorials - American Family Physician
Dec 15, 2008 - Advertisement << Previous article Next article >> Dec 15, 2008 Issue Editorials Colorectal Cancer Screening Works—If We Do It DOUG CAMPOS-OUTCALT, MD, MPA, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona Am Fam Physician. 2008 Dec 15;78(12):1340. Related Article...
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Cancer Screening in Older Patients: Life Expectancy, Prioritization, and Health ...
Dec 15, 2008 - Advertisement << Previous article Next article >> Dec 15, 2008 Issue Editorials Cancer Screening in Older Patients: Life Expectancy, Prioritization, and Health Literacy JOSEPH H. FLAHERTY, MD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine and Veterans, Health Administration Geriatric...
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Prostate Cancer Screening: Let Patients Decide - Editorials - American Family Physician
Dec 15, 2008 - Advertisement << Previous article Next article >> Dec 15, 2008 Issue Editorials Prostate Cancer Screening: Let Patients Decide MICHAEL LEFEVRE, MD, MSPH, University of Missouri–Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri Am Fam Physician. 2008 Dec 15;78(12):1338. Related Article...
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Recent Advances in Radiation Therapy - American Family Physician
Dec 1, 2008 - Recent advances have improved the effectiveness, decreased the complications, and expanded the implications of radiation therapy. These advances include three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy, stereotactic radiotherapy, brachytherapy, and ...
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Clinical Diagnosis of Melanoma - Point-of-Care Guides - American Family Physician
Nov 15, 2008 - The incidence of melanoma is increasing in the United States. Although there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for skin cancer, physicians and patients are encouraged to be vigilant for suspicious skin lesions. The classic mnemonic for the clinical diagnosis of ...
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Multiple Myeloma: Diagnosis and Treatment - American Family Physician
Oct 1, 2008 - Multiple myeloma, the most common bone malignancy, is occurring with increasing frequency in older persons. Typical symptoms are bone pain, malaise, anemia, renal insufficiency, and hypercalcemia. Incidental discovery on comprehensive laboratory panels is common. The disease is ...
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