Pub Date : 1995-08-01DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199508000-00005
F. Stguret, J. Daurès, A. Guizard, H. Mathieu‐Daudé, J C Bonifacj, J. Cherifcheik, J L La marque
Breast screening in the Herault Department (France) has been carried out since July 1990. As with other French programmes, it is a population-based screen, whose main features are related to its organization in that: (a) it is performed by a specific unit (the 'Institut Montpelliérain d'Imagerie Medico-Biologique'); and (b) the group of women targeted is those aged 40-70 years. The two-view mammography is performed every 2 years in mobile units. This paper presents the results after 30 months: 26,026 participants were screened from a target population of 52,617 women, giving a participation rate of 49%. The recall rate and the biopsy rate observed were 7% and 1.5%, respectively. The predictive positive value was 8.4% for a positive test while it was 35% for the biopsy; the values increased with age. 137 cancers were observed giving a detection rate of 5.3%, of which 82% were in situ. Small (< or = to 10 mm) tumours represented 41.5%, and 71.5% of the cancers were node negative. The surgical treatment was conservative for 66% of them.
{"title":"Herault breast screening programme: results after 30 months of a mobile French schedule.","authors":"F. Stguret, J. Daurès, A. Guizard, H. Mathieu‐Daudé, J C Bonifacj, J. Cherifcheik, J L La marque","doi":"10.1097/00008469-199508000-00005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00008469-199508000-00005","url":null,"abstract":"Breast screening in the Herault Department (France) has been carried out since July 1990. As with other French programmes, it is a population-based screen, whose main features are related to its organization in that: (a) it is performed by a specific unit (the 'Institut Montpelliérain d'Imagerie Medico-Biologique'); and (b) the group of women targeted is those aged 40-70 years. The two-view mammography is performed every 2 years in mobile units. This paper presents the results after 30 months: 26,026 participants were screened from a target population of 52,617 women, giving a participation rate of 49%. The recall rate and the biopsy rate observed were 7% and 1.5%, respectively. The predictive positive value was 8.4% for a positive test while it was 35% for the biopsy; the values increased with age. 137 cancers were observed giving a detection rate of 5.3%, of which 82% were in situ. Small (< or = to 10 mm) tumours represented 41.5%, and 71.5% of the cancers were node negative. The surgical treatment was conservative for 66% of them.","PeriodicalId":11950,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86658966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1995-04-01DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199504000-00008
M. Filipe, D. Newell, B. Johnston, C. Caygill, P. I. Reed
The incidence of Helicobacter pylori was compared in high and low risk gastric cancer areas. Complete data were available on 116 age and sex matched sets of cases--patients with histologically proven intestinal metaplasia (IM)--and two control groups, one non-IM endoscoped controls (EC) and one non-endoscoped controls (NC) recruited from out-patient clinics. H. pylori status was determined by both serology and histology in individuals biopsied from three separate gastric sites. Our data show an increased incidence of H. pylori and intestinal metaplasia in areas at high risk for gastric cancer, good agreement on H. pylori status between histology and serology and a relationship between H. pylori status in individual biopsies and the degree of gastritis. With 116 matched sets of patients this is one of the largest series to date and supports the hypothesis that H. pylori infection may be involved in gastric carcinogenesis through chronic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia.
{"title":"Helicobacter pylori in patients with intestinal metaplasia and in controls: a serological and biopsy study in four UK centres. UK Sub-Group of the ECP-EURONUT-Intestinal Metaplasia Study Group.","authors":"M. Filipe, D. Newell, B. Johnston, C. Caygill, P. I. Reed","doi":"10.1097/00008469-199504000-00008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00008469-199504000-00008","url":null,"abstract":"The incidence of Helicobacter pylori was compared in high and low risk gastric cancer areas. Complete data were available on 116 age and sex matched sets of cases--patients with histologically proven intestinal metaplasia (IM)--and two control groups, one non-IM endoscoped controls (EC) and one non-endoscoped controls (NC) recruited from out-patient clinics. H. pylori status was determined by both serology and histology in individuals biopsied from three separate gastric sites. Our data show an increased incidence of H. pylori and intestinal metaplasia in areas at high risk for gastric cancer, good agreement on H. pylori status between histology and serology and a relationship between H. pylori status in individual biopsies and the degree of gastritis. With 116 matched sets of patients this is one of the largest series to date and supports the hypothesis that H. pylori infection may be involved in gastric carcinogenesis through chronic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia.","PeriodicalId":11950,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73077416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1995-02-01DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199502000-00005
J. Wardle, A. Steptoe, H. Smith, E. Groll-knapp, M. Koller, D. Smith, A. Brodziak
Breast self examination (BSE) is recommended for the early detection of breast cancer in the European Code against Cancer. Evidence from North America suggests that there is reasonable public awareness of its importance, but compliance with regular BSE is reported by only a minority of young women. Attitudes to and practice of BSE has rarely been studied outside North America. In the present study, attitudes to BSE were evaluated by questionnaire in a sample of 16,486 students aged 17-30 from 20 European countries. Frequency of BSE practice was reported by the 9,181 women in the sample. Information on public recommendations concerning BSE was obtained from cancer organizations in each country. The data were collected as part of the European Health Behaviour Survey, an international study on health beliefs and health behaviour. The results showed that BSE was recommended in 16 countries and 'breast awareness' in two, while two countries did not recommend self-examination. 54% of women reported as never having practiced BSE. Regular practice (monthly) was reported by only 8% of the sample, with another 36% reporting occasional BSE. Significant differences emerged between centres in different countries ranging from 6% to 15% reporting regular BSE. Attitude towards BSE was a significant predictor of BSE practice within each centre and across all centres combined. Attitudes towards BSE were significantly less positive in the two centres from countries without BSE recommendations than in the others, but levels of practice were similar.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
{"title":"Breast self-examination: attitudes and practices among young women in Europe.","authors":"J. Wardle, A. Steptoe, H. Smith, E. Groll-knapp, M. Koller, D. Smith, A. Brodziak","doi":"10.1097/00008469-199502000-00005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00008469-199502000-00005","url":null,"abstract":"Breast self examination (BSE) is recommended for the early detection of breast cancer in the European Code against Cancer. Evidence from North America suggests that there is reasonable public awareness of its importance, but compliance with regular BSE is reported by only a minority of young women. Attitudes to and practice of BSE has rarely been studied outside North America. In the present study, attitudes to BSE were evaluated by questionnaire in a sample of 16,486 students aged 17-30 from 20 European countries. Frequency of BSE practice was reported by the 9,181 women in the sample. Information on public recommendations concerning BSE was obtained from cancer organizations in each country. The data were collected as part of the European Health Behaviour Survey, an international study on health beliefs and health behaviour. The results showed that BSE was recommended in 16 countries and 'breast awareness' in two, while two countries did not recommend self-examination. 54% of women reported as never having practiced BSE. Regular practice (monthly) was reported by only 8% of the sample, with another 36% reporting occasional BSE. Significant differences emerged between centres in different countries ranging from 6% to 15% reporting regular BSE. Attitude towards BSE was a significant predictor of BSE practice within each centre and across all centres combined. Attitudes towards BSE were significantly less positive in the two centres from countries without BSE recommendations than in the others, but levels of practice were similar.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)","PeriodicalId":11950,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80944751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1994-01-01DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199401000-00010
A. Sadowska, E. Pluygers, M. Narkiewicz, A. Pawełczak, B. Lata
It is well documented that environmental pollution from industrial activity, sewage farms, hazardous waste sites, incinerators, etc, contributes to the overall cancer risk and that this contribution can be considerable under certain circumstances. It is important, therefore, to identify the level of genotoxic activity in the environment and to relate it to biomarkers of cancer risk in humans. After reviewing a range of cytogenetic assays, we have selected the Tradescantia micronucleus assay (TRAD-MCN) developed by Ma et al to be used in indoor and field evaluations. The meiotic pollen mother cells of T clone 4430 are particularly sensitive to chemical pollutants; the buds are exposed for 6-8 h. We describe assays made down wind from a coal-fired power station and from the vicinity of two waste sites. Statistically significant results were obtained at 200 m and 600 m down wind from the power station; higher levels of micronucleus frequencies (MN) were found in foggy rather than dry conditions. Similarly, in the vicinity of two waste sites the MN frequencies were significantly increased in both dry and foggy conditions up to 1.5 km down wind; this was despite previous efforts to rehabilitate the sites. The TRAD-MCN assay is sensitive, reproducible, easy to perform, well standardized, inexpensive and undemanding in equipment. We propose that it be the primary test for genotoxicity evaluation and mapping followed, in suspicious areas, by human biomarker assays.
{"title":"Environmental genotoxicity and cancer risk in humans: a combined evaluation correlating the results of the Tradescantia micronucleus assay in the field and human biomarker assessments in serum. I. The TRAD-MCN assay.","authors":"A. Sadowska, E. Pluygers, M. Narkiewicz, A. Pawełczak, B. Lata","doi":"10.1097/00008469-199401000-00010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00008469-199401000-00010","url":null,"abstract":"It is well documented that environmental pollution from industrial activity, sewage farms, hazardous waste sites, incinerators, etc, contributes to the overall cancer risk and that this contribution can be considerable under certain circumstances. It is important, therefore, to identify the level of genotoxic activity in the environment and to relate it to biomarkers of cancer risk in humans. After reviewing a range of cytogenetic assays, we have selected the Tradescantia micronucleus assay (TRAD-MCN) developed by Ma et al to be used in indoor and field evaluations. The meiotic pollen mother cells of T clone 4430 are particularly sensitive to chemical pollutants; the buds are exposed for 6-8 h. We describe assays made down wind from a coal-fired power station and from the vicinity of two waste sites. Statistically significant results were obtained at 200 m and 600 m down wind from the power station; higher levels of micronucleus frequencies (MN) were found in foggy rather than dry conditions. Similarly, in the vicinity of two waste sites the MN frequencies were significantly increased in both dry and foggy conditions up to 1.5 km down wind; this was despite previous efforts to rehabilitate the sites. The TRAD-MCN assay is sensitive, reproducible, easy to perform, well standardized, inexpensive and undemanding in equipment. We propose that it be the primary test for genotoxicity evaluation and mapping followed, in suspicious areas, by human biomarker assays.","PeriodicalId":11950,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78745352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1993-11-01DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199311000-00022
P. Neven
{"title":"Tamoxifen in premalignant and pre-invasive breast cancer.","authors":"P. Neven","doi":"10.1097/00008469-199311000-00022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00008469-199311000-00022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11950,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73981557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1993-11-01DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199311000-00011
R. Pauley, H. Soule, L. Tait, F. Miller, S. Wolman, P. Dawson, G. Heppner
{"title":"The MCF10 family of spontaneously immortalized human breast epithelial cell lines: models of neoplastic progression.","authors":"R. Pauley, H. Soule, L. Tait, F. Miller, S. Wolman, P. Dawson, G. Heppner","doi":"10.1097/00008469-199311000-00011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00008469-199311000-00011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11950,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84577713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1993-11-01DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199311000-00013
J. Russo, I. Russo
{"title":"Development pattern of human breast and susceptibility to carcinogenesis.","authors":"J. Russo, I. Russo","doi":"10.1097/00008469-199311000-00013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00008469-199311000-00013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11950,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82795269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1993-11-01DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199311000-00017
M. Stratton, N. Collins, S. Lakhani, J. Sloane
{"title":"Molecular analyses of in situ breast cancer.","authors":"M. Stratton, N. Collins, S. Lakhani, J. Sloane","doi":"10.1097/00008469-199311000-00017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00008469-199311000-00017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11950,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86269821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1993-11-01DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199311000-00021
J. Bonté
{"title":"Chemoprevention of breast cancer.","authors":"J. Bonté","doi":"10.1097/00008469-199311000-00021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00008469-199311000-00021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11950,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79515720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1993-11-01DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199311000-00018
D. Bishop
{"title":"The involvement of genetic factors in susceptibility to breast cancer.","authors":"D. Bishop","doi":"10.1097/00008469-199311000-00018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00008469-199311000-00018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11950,"journal":{"name":"European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85696893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}