Browsing The Daffodil Centre by subject "adverse effects"
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The ABC of vitamin D: a qualitative study of the knowledge and attitudes regarding vitamin D deficiency amongst selected population groups
Published 2013OBJECTIVE: In Australia, vitamin D supply in food is limited, and sun exposure is the main source of vitamin D. However skin cancer risk is high, and the need to gain some sun exposure for adequate vitamin D is challenging ...Article -
Androgenetic alopecia and prostate cancer: findings from an Australian case-control study
Published 2001The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between androgenetic alopecia (AA) and prostate cancer with particular emphasis on early age at diagnosis and higher grade tumors. We conducted an age-stratified, ...Article -
Anti-fibrinolytic use for minimising perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion. Substantial update.
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Cancer in patients on dialysis for end-stage renal disease: an international collaborative study
Published 1999BACKGROUND: Previous studies have suggested that the frequency of cancer is higher in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) than in the general population, but have not established whether this increase is confined ...Article -
A case-control study of melanomas of the soles and palms (Australia and Scotland)
Published 1999OBJECTIVES: Because the factors that influence risk of acral melanomas on the soles and palms in White populations are unknown, we investigated these in a multi-center case-control study. METHODS: Cases of melanoma of the ...Article -
Effects of tobacco smoking on cancer and cardiovascular disease in urban black South Africans
Published 2008Demographic and lifestyle information from 9690 black patients diagnosed with cancer or cardiovascular disease was collected in an ongoing case-control study in Johannesburg, South Africa. Compared to never smokers, the ...Article -
The epidemiology of UV induced skin cancer
Published 2001There is persuasive evidence that each of the three main types of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and melanoma, is caused by sun exposure. The incidence rate of each is higher in ...Article -
HRT and breast cancer: recent findings in the context of the evidence to date
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Improving outcomes for operable pancreatic cancer: is access to safer surgery the problem?
Published 2008Despite advances in the understanding and treatment of pancreatic cancer in the last two decades, there is a persisting nihilistic attitude among clinicians. An alarmingly high rate of under-utilization of surgical management ...Article -
Invited Commentary: Hormone therapy risks and benefits--The Women's Health Initiative findings and the postmenopausal estrogen timing hypothesis
Published 2008Worldwide evidence on menopausal hormone therapy shows that it does not reduce coronary heart disease (CHD) risk and that it increases the risks of breast cancer, stroke, and venous thromboembolism. These risks are not ...Article -
The limited utility of electrocardiography variables used to predict arrhythmia in psychotropic drug overdose
Published 2003OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between serious arrhythmias in patients with psychotropic drug overdose and electrocardiography (ECG) findings that have been suggested previously to ...Article -
Morphologic evidence that analgesic-induced kidney pathology contributes to the progression of tumors of the renal pelvis
Published 1999BACKGROUND: Whether phenacetin-containing analgesics cause renal pelvic tumors by virtue of the weak mutagenicity of phenacetin, or indirectly through local effects of analgesic-induced renal papillary scarring, is debated. ...Article -
A narrative review of the potential for self-tanning products to substitute for solaria use among people seeking a tanned appearance
Published 2014Skin cancers including melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers are a high-cost and largely preventable form of cancer. While limiting exposure to solar ultraviolet (UV) light via outdoor activities is a focus of public ...Article -
Occupational exposure to power frequency magnetic fields and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Published 2006OBJECTIVES: To investigate the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) using a job-exposure matrix (JEM) to assess exposure to occupational magnetic fields at the power frequencies of 50/60 Hz. METHODS: The study population ...Article -
Oral or intravenous N-acetylcysteine: which is the treatment of choice for acetaminophen (paracetamol) poisoning?
Published 1999BACKGROUND: The optimal route and duration of administration for N-acetyl-cysteine in the management of acetaminophen (paracetamol) poisoning are controversial. It has been stated on the basis of a selected post-hoc analysis ...Article -
A pooled analysis of 10 case-control studies of melanoma and oral contraceptive use
Published 2002Data regarding the effects of oral contraceptive use on women's risk of melanoma have been difficult to resolve. We undertook a pooled analysis of all case-control studies of melanoma in women completed as of July 1994 for ...Article -
Pre-operative autologous donation for minimising perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion
Published 2002BACKGROUND: Public concerns regarding the safety of transfused blood have prompted re-consideration of the indications for the transfusion of allogeneic red cells (blood from an unrelated donor), and a range of techniques ...Article -
A prospective study of pigmentation, sun exposure, and risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma in women
Published 2003BACKGROUND: Although sun exposure is an established cause of cutaneous malignant melanoma, possible interactions with host factors remain incompletely understood. Here we report the first results from a large prospective ...Article