How to investigate and manage ovarian cancer as a GP. By Miss Jane Borley and Miss Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami...Section 1. Epidemiology and aetiology Ovarian cancer is the most lethal ... Classification and staging Ovarian cancer is currently classified by histology with three main categories: epithelial ovarian cancer (for example, containing subtypes serous, mucinous, endometroid and clear cell ...
Contributed by Dr David Breen, consultant respiratory physician and lead physician for lung cancer...Section 1: Epidemiology and aetiology In the UK, the incidence of lung cancer is high; in 2008, approximately 40,800 patients were diagnosed with lung cancer and about 35,260 people died from the disease. In men, lung cancer is the second most common cancer after prostate cancer and accounts for 15 ...
A clinical review of the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer, including red flag symptoms....Section 1: Epidemiology and aetiology Pancreatic cancer is the 10th most common cancer ... of pancreatic cancer is 10.5/100,000 in men compared with 8.2/100,000 in women, with the approximate lifetime risk of developing pancreatic cancer being one in 77 for men and one in 79 for women. 1 The rate ...
-invasive test for coronary artery disease. BMI and survival after colorectal cancer diagnosis J Clin Oncol ... of cancer, but this study shows that it also affects survival. There are more than 1.1m colorectal cancer ... -metastatic colorectal cancer and were observed until December 2008. Of the participants, 851 died during this period ...
No definitive evidence that HRT causes breast cancer J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2012; 38 ... of the possible increased risk of developing breast cancer. This analysis looked at the evidence for HRT (estrogen and progestogen and also unopposed estrogen treatment) causing breast cancer in the Million Women Study (MWS ...
to think improving literacy levels might reduce death rates. Identifying suspected renal cancer ... the incidence of renal tract cancers, using symptoms and baseline risk factors. The QResearch database was used ... of renal tract cancer in the next two years. There were 2,878 cases of renal tract cancers in the study ...
Erectile function after prostate cancer JAMA 2011; 306 (11): 1205-14 One of the major concerns men have when making decisions about treatment for prostate cancer is erectile dysfunction (ED ... . Develop a patient information leaflet outlining the potential side-effects of prostate cancer treatment ...
and the understanding of young women's own bodies and fertility. Prostate cancer screening and mortality BMJ 2011; 342: d1539 Screening for prostate cancer is repeatedly being debated, after all prostate cancer is a ... in 1993. Of the screening group, 5.7 per cent were diagnosed with prostate cancer compared with 3.9 per ...
Trastuzumab for patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer Lancet Oncology 2011; doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(11) 70033-X While recent studies have shown that the prevalence of breast cancer ... data in early breast cancer is attributable to treatment with non-chemotherapeutic systemic therapies ...
in both groups at all times. Gynaecological symptoms and cervical cancer diagnosis Fam Pract 2011; 28(6): 592-8 Cervical cancer occurs at a younger age than most adult cancers, however screening does ... women cervical cancer can only be detected by symptoms. This study aimed to identify the frequency ...
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