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The performance of risk-reducing surgery in women with BRCA mutation has a profound effect on the potential for subsequent cancer development. While gross tumor is occasionally identified in these specimens, it is more common that pathological processing identifies occult cancer.
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The present study indirectly tested the hypothesis that estrogen exposure is neuroprotective by studying the risk of dementia in women who underwent oophorectomy premenopausally. All women residing in Olmstead, MN, from 1950 to 1987 who underwent unilateral or bilateral oophorectomy were followed through death or end of study (staggered from 2001 to 2006).
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Margolis and colleagues analyzed data from a large prospective study of a cohort of 48,321 Swedish women who are part of the Women's Lifestyle and Health Cohort Study.
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Kuhl and colleagues from the University of Bonn, Germany, compared the sensitivity of mammography and MRI for the diagnosis of breast ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
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Advances in laparoscopic instrumentation and surgical skill have enabled the adoption of oncologic procedures traditionally approached via ceiliotomy to the minimally invasive modality. However, little comparative data are available on some of the most complex of these operations.
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The general impression is one of certainty that both soy and soy isoflavones deliver many health benefits, including prevention of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and osteoporosis, as well as treatment of menopausal symptoms. The science is less absolute, however, and still evolving.
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Greenfield RH. Selenium Too Sweet? Supplementation and Type 2 DM. 2007;10(10):117-118. Greenfield RH. My Knee is Stuck! Acupuncture and OA. 2007;10(10):118-119. Greenfield RH. Worth in Papworth? Breath Work and Asthma. 2007;10(10):119-120.
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Kiefer D. Valerian for Insomnia: The "Natural" Valium. 2007;10(10):109109-113.
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Petty RG. The Role of Diet and Nutrition in ADHD: Supplements. 2007;10(10):113-116.
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Withdrawal of statin therapy in acute ischemic stroke may lead to increases in death and disability.