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Open AccessIncreasing access to fertility preservation for women with breast cancer: protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial in France
With the increase in the number of long-term survivors, interest is shifting from cancer survival to life and quality of life after cancer. These include consequences of long-term side effects of treatment, su...
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Open AccessLink between the referring physician and breast and cervical cancers screening: a cross-sectional study in France
The aims of the “médecin traitant” or referring physician (RP) reform, introduced in France in 2004, were to improve the organisation and quality of care and to allow for greater equity, particularly in terms ...
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Open AccessAccess to information and oncofertility consultation for young women with breast cancer: a population-based study
Non-menopausal women with breast cancer treated with chemotherapy are at intermediate risk of post-treatment amenorrhea and decreased fertility. Although they should receive appropriate information, studies un...
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Open AccessExperimental system of care coordination for the home return of patients with metastatic cancer: a survey of general practitioners
To promote improved coordination between general practice and hospital, the French clinical trial CREDO (“Concertation de REtour à DOmicile”) is testing an innovative experimental consultation for patients wit...
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Open AccessImpact of a health literacy intervention combining general practitioner training and a consumer facing intervention to improve colorectal cancer screening in underserved areas: protocol for a multicentric cluster randomized controlled trial
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer burden worldwide. In France, it is the second most common cause of cancer death after lung cancer. Systematic uptake of CRC screening can improve survival r...
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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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Open AccessUsing ecological socioeconomic position (SEP) measures to deal with sample bias introduced by incomplete individual-level measures: inequalities in breast cancer stage at diagnosis as an example
When studying the influence of socioeconomic position (SEP) on health from data where individual-level SEP measures may be missing, ecological measures of SEP may prove helpful. In this paper, we illustrate th...
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Open AccessAssessment of the ecological bias of seven aggregate social deprivation indices
In aggregate studies, ecological indices are used to study the influence of socioeconomic status on health. Their main limitation is ecological bias. This study assesses the misclassification of individual soc...
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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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Open AccessChildhood adversity as a risk for cancer: findings from the 1958 British birth cohort study
To analyse whether Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) are associated with an increased risk of cancer.
