Value of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio as a biomarker in colorectal adenocarcinoma

Sertoğlu, Erdim; Uyanık, Metin; Kayadibi, Hüseyin

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“…Our results are in line with previous evaluations of breast cancer screening uptake by national health surveys, identifying poorer socioeconomic status and lower levels of use of health care services as the main determinants of mammography testing ( 12 , 16 – 19 ). On one hand, the prevalence of nonuse by education level was highest among women with no basic level of education completed, and we observed no significant differences according to income.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Therefore, a direct comparison of our results with the results of most other studies cannot be made, but our findings on legal marital status are consistent with our findings on household size. Mammography testing was less frequent among non-Portuguese women than among Portuguese women, consistent with the findings of several studies that identified immigrants as a vulnerable population in this context ( 12 , 18 , 19 , 23 ).…”

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confidence: 89%

“…On the other hand, greater use of health care services, such as a recent interaction with a usual health care provider and ever having had a cervical cytology test, was associated with low prevalences of mammography nonuse and underuse. Although these associations were also reported in other studies ( 12 , 16 – 19 ), we additionally found that women who had ever had a fecal occult blood test and/or colonoscopy were also more likely to have received a mammogram. These findings suggest that the closer women are to the health care system, the easier is the process of becoming aware of the importance of monitoring breast cancer and that women should be encouraged to maintain regular contact with their family physicians.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…It was also in this age group that the prevalence of nonuse was higher among women without a diagnosis of chronic disease than among women with such a diagnosis. Other studies reported similar findings ( 14 , 16 ), and, although differences according to the type of chronic disease were described ( 17 , 19 , 25 , 26 ), our results may indicate over-screening among women with a chronic disease. Research also consistently shows that obese women are less likely to undergo breast cancer screening than nonobese women ( 16 , 18 , 24 – 26 ), but in our study the highest prevalence of nonuse was among underweight women.…”

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confidence: 77%

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Mammography Use in Portugal: National Health Survey 2014

Chkotua

Peleteiro

2017

Prev. Chronic Dis.

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IntroductionUnderstanding the patterns of mammography use and monitoring changes in use are essential to improving national health policy for breast cancer control. We aimed to describe the use of mammography in Portugal and to identify the determinants of its nonuse and underuse by examining data from the National Health Survey 2014.MethodsWe analyzed data on 8,758 women aged 30 years or older. We defined women at an eligible age for mammography as women aged 45 to 69. Women who reported a previous mammography test were classified as ever-users and grouped according to time since the most recent test. We computed the prevalence of mammography use, and we used Poisson regression models to obtain age-adjusted and education-adjusted prevalence ratios and 95% confidence intervals.ResultsThe overall prevalence of mammography use was 80.0%, whereas nonuse was 20.0% and underuse 27.3% among users. The prevalence of nonuse and underuse were lower and associations with sociodemographic characteristics, use of health care services, and behavioral factors were stronger among women aged 45 to 69 than among women aged 30 to 44 and women aged 70 or older. The prevalence of mammography use was generally higher in the northern areas of Portugal than in southern areas and varied by marital status, educational level, and household size. A more frequent use of health care services and healthier behaviors were associated with lower prevalences of both nonuse and underuse.ConclusionThis study illustrates inequalities in mammography use and provides useful information for better allocation of resources in breast cancer screening.

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Mammography Use in Portugal: National Health Survey 2014

Chkotua

Peleteiro

2017

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“…There was an increased trend of lung cancer among current and shorter term formers smokers that no longer existed after additional adjustment for individual-level measures of SES. Other studies have tended to find increased lung cancer risks associated with lower area-level SES, some without adjustment for smoking, 8 9 12 and others with weakened associations after smoking adjustment. 7 10 11 While the approximate 20%–30% increases in risk we find are small in comparison with the 1000% or greater increased risks we and others find among cigarette smokers, 16 these increased risks may be signalling the existence of neighborhood-related environmental exposures, social factors and/or behaviours correlated with where one lives that influence lung cancer risk.…”

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Neighbourhood deprivation and lung cancer risk: a nested case–control study in the USA

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ObjectivesTo examine the association between neighbourhood deprivation and lung cancer risk.DesignNested case–control study.SettingSouthern Community Cohort Study of persons residing in 12 states in the southeastern USA.Participants1334 cases of lung cancer and 5315 controls.Primary outcome measureRisk of lung cancer.ResultsAfter adjustment for smoking status and other confounders, and additional adjustment for individual-level measures of socioeconomic status (SES), there was no monotonic increase in risk with worsening deprivation score overall or within sex and race groups. There was an increase among current and shorter term former smokers (p=0.04) but not among never and longer term former smokers. There was evidence of statistically significant interaction by sex among whites, but not blacks, in which the effect of worsening deprivation on lung cancer existed in males but not in females.ConclusionsArea-level measures of SES were associated with lung cancer risk in current and shorter term former smokers only in this population.

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