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Open AccessImproving communication between the general practitioner and the oncologist: a key role in coordinating care for patients suffering from cancer
Patients suffering from cancers are increasingly numerous in general practice consultations. The General Practitioner (GP) should be at the heart of the management of patients. Several studies have examined th...
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Current impact of age and comorbidity assessment on prostate cancer treatment choice and over/undertreatment risk
We evaluated the influence of age and comorbidity (Charlson score assessment) on localized prostate cancer therapeutic management and the risk of prostate cancer over- and under-treatment.
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Primary care physicians and oncologists are partners in cancer announcement
The primary care physician (PCP) is central to cancer patients’ management. Announcement of the diagnosis is a critical time for patients, even if they wish to be fully informed. The French National Cancer Pla...
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Guideline sheets on the side effects of anticancer drugs are useful for general practitioners
General practitioners (GPs) are more and more involved in the treatment of cancer patients but feel not informed enough about anticancer treatments and associated side effects. Better communication with treatm...
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Open AccessTotal and partial cancer prevalence in the adult French population in 2008
To provide estimations of partial and total prevalence of 24 cancer sites in France in 2008. The estimations of partial prevalence were compared with the previous estimations for 2002.
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Open AccessAdverse childhood experiences and premature all-cause mortality
Events causing stress responses during sensitive periods of rapid neurological development in childhood may be early determinants of all-cause premature mortality. Using a British birth cohort study of individ...
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Prospective studies of dietary alpha-linolenic acid intake and prostate cancer risk: a meta-analysis
Individual-based studies that investigated the relation between dietary alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) intake and prostate cancer risk have shown inconsistent results. We carried out a meta-analysis of prospective...
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Estimating infra-national and national thyroid cancer incidence in France from cancer registries data and national hospital discharge database
As in many countries, cancer registries cover only part of the population in France. Incidence/mortality ratio observed in registries is usually extrapolated to produce national estimates of cancer incidence. ...
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Participation Behavior of Bladder Cancer Survivors in a Medical Follow-Up Surveyon Quality of Life in France
The objectives were to ascertain the socio-demographic background of bladder cancer survivors acting on their participation behavior to a medical follow-up survey. This population-based quality of life (QOL) s...
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Non-medical exposure to radioiodines and thyroid cancer
The Chernobyl accident, which occurred 32 years after the accidental exposure of Marshall islanders, resulted in the exposure of neighbouring populations to a mixture of iodine isotopes and in an increased in...
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Survival of women with breast cancer in France: variation with age, stage and treatment
This study examines survival of women with breast cancer using a sample of 1564 cases occurring in 1990 taken from all cases recorded in seven French cancer registries. Age at diagnosis pathological stage (pTN...