Cardiovascular disease and breast cancer: where these entities intersect: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

LS Mehta, KE Watson, A Barac, TM Beckie, V Bittner… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of mortality in women, yet many
people perceive breast cancer to be the number one threat to women's health. CVD and …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating intrinsic and non-intrinsic cancer risk factors

S Wu, W Zhu, P Thompson, YA Hannun - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Discriminating the contribution of unmodifiable random intrinsic DNA replication errors ('bad
luck') to cancer development from those of other factors is critical for understanding cancer in …

Trends in breast cancer mortality by stage at diagnosis among young women in the U nited S tates

F Guo, Y Kuo, YCT Shih, SH Giordano, AB Berenson - Cancer, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Assessing trends in breast cancer survival among young women who are
largely unaffected by breast cancer screening will provide important information regarding …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental determinants of breast cancer

RA Hiatt, JG Brody - Annual review of public health, 2018 - annualreviews.org
In the United States, breast cancer is the most common invasive malignancy and the second
most common cause of death from cancer in women. Reproductive factors, estrogen, and …

Cancer epidemiology: a survey of modifiable risk factors for prevention and survivorship

H Arem, E Loftfield - American journal of lifestyle medicine, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Approximately 40% of men and women in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer at
some point in their lives. There have been dramatic developments in our understanding of …

[HTML][HTML] Pregnancy duration and breast cancer risk

A Husby, J Wohlfahrt, N Øyen, M Melbye - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Full-term pregnancies reduce a woman's long-term breast cancer risk, while abortions have
been shown to have no effect. The precise minimal duration of pregnancy necessary to …

Medications for alcohol use disorders: An overview

M Akbar, M Egli, YE Cho, BJ Song… - Pharmacology & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Patients who suffer from alcohol use disorders (AUDs) usually go through various socio-
behavioral and pathophysiological changes that take place in the brain and other organs …

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol use disorders and associated chronic disease–a national retrospective cohort study from France

M Schwarzinger, SP Thiébaut, S Baillot, V Mallet… - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Background Evidence on diseases caused by or associated with alcohol use disorders
(AUDs) has been based on two meta-analyses including rather dated studies. The objective …

Breast cancer knowledge and screening practice and barriers among women in Madinah, Saudi Arabia

AH Al-Zalabani, KD Alharbi, NI Fallatah… - Journal of Cancer …, 2018 - Springer
A breast screening program may help to reduce cancer mortality rates among women.
However, the use of the screening program by women in Madinah city is low, and studies …

[HTML][HTML] Alcoholism: a multi-systemic cellular insult to organs

U Dguzeh, NC Haddad, KTS Smith… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Alcohol abuse can affect more than the heart and the liver. Many observers often do not
appreciate the complex and differing aspects of alcohol's effects in pathophysiologies that …