Exploring sources of heterogeneity in systematic reviews of diagnostic tests

JG Lijmer, PMM Bossuyt… - Statistics in medicine, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
It is indispensable for any meta‐analysis that potential sources of heterogeneity are
examined, before one considers pooling the results of primary studies into summary …

Primary care for survivors of breast cancer

HJ Burstein, EP Winer - New England Journal of Medicine, 2000 - Mass Medical Soc
There are more than 2 million women in the United States alone who are living with a history
of breast cancer. 1, 2 Screening programs have increased the number of women in whom …

Continued breast cancer risk reduction in postmenopausal women treated with raloxifene: 4-year results from the MORE trial

JA Cauley, L Norton, ME Lippman, S Eckert… - Breast cancer research …, 2001 - Springer
Raloxifene, a selective estrogen receptor modulator approved for the prevention and
treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis, has shown a significant reduction in breast …

Mammographic density and breast cancer in three ethnic groups

G Ursin, H Ma, AH Wu, L Bernstein, M Salane… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2003 - AACR
The extent of radiodense tissue on a mammogram (mammographic densities) is strongly
associated with breast cancer risk among (non-Latina) white women, but few data exist for …

Changes in breast density associated with initiation, discontinuation, and continuing use of hormone replacement therapy

CM Rutter, MT Mandelson, MB Laya, S Taplin - Jama, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
ContextInitiation of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been shown to increase breast
density. Evidence exists that increased breast density decreases mammographic sensitivity …

Breast cancer tumor growth estimated through mammography screening data

H Weedon-Fekjær, BH Lindqvist, LJ Vatten… - Breast Cancer …, 2008 - Springer
Introduction Knowledge of tumor growth is important in the planning and evaluation of
screening programs, clinical trials, and epidemiological studies. Studies of tumor growth …

Breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women using estrogen-only therapy

H Lyytinen, E Pukkala, O Ylikorkala - Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2006 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the risk of estrogen-only therapy on breast cancer varies
by dose, constituent, and route of administration. METHODS: All Finnish women older than …

The effect of age and density of the breast on the sensitivity of breast cancer diagnostic by mammography and ultasonography

I Saarenmaa, T Salminen, U Geiger… - Breast cancer research …, 2001 - Springer
Purpose. We studied which, age of the patient or density of the breast accounts for the
sensitivity of mammography and ultrasonography (US). Furthermore we studied whether the …

Vibro-acoustic tissue mammography

M Fatemi, LE Wold, A Alizad… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel method for detection and imaging of microcalcifications in breast tissue is presented.
The method, called vibro-acoustography, uses the radiation force of ultrasound to vibrate …

[图书][B] Sexualidad humana

SA Rathus, JS Nevid, L Fichner-Rathus, RL Ortega - 2005 - academia.edu
Descifrando el sexo: el papel de los sentidos en la excitación sexual 90 Los afrodisíacos: de
moscas españolas y cuernos de rinoceronte 94 La respuesta sexual y el cerebro:¿ sexo …