Linking health professionals to the latest research
Recent Research is produced by National Breast Cancer and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) as a service for health professionals, to highlight research of interest or potential significance featured in peer-reviewed publications. Recent Research aims to keep you in touch with some of the latest published research that may be of interest. NBOCC does not necessarily endorse the views or conclusions of any of the papers listed below.
This service provides a link to abstracts only; full-text of the articles are not provided by NBOCC and must be accessed using individual or institutional subscriptions.
Editor: Dr Anne Nelson, Evidence Review and Research Leader, NBOCC
April 2010
Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Overall Cancer Risk in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Boffetta P, Couto E, Wichmann J, et al. J Natl Cancer Inst epub 6th April 2010
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Absolute numbers of lives saved and overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening, from a randomized trial and from the Breast Screening Programme in England. Duffy SW, Tabar L, Olsen AH, et al. J Med Screen. 2010;17(1):25-30.
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Breast cancer mortality in organised mammography screening in Denmark: comparative study. Jørgensen KJ, Zahl PH, Gøtzsche PC. BMJ. 2010;340:c1241.
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Dietary patterns and breast cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Brennan SF, Cantwell MM, Cardwell CR, et al. Am J Clin Nutr. Epub 10th March 2010
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Effect of zoledronic acid on disseminated tumour cells in women with locally advanced breast cancer: an open label, randomised, phase 2 trial. Aft R, Naughton M, Trinkaus K, et al. Lancet Oncol epub 31st March 2010
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Performance of common genetic variants in breast-cancer risk models. Wacholder S, Hartge P, Prentice R, et al. N Engl J Med. 2010;362(11):986-93.
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March 2010
Mortality among contraceptive pill users: cohort evidence from Royal College of General Practitioners’ Oral Contraception Study. Hannaford PC., Iverson L., Macfarlene TV., et al. BMJ 2010;340:c927
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Estimation of an evidence-based benchmark for the optimal endocrine therapy utlilization rate in breast cancer. Fong A., Ng W., Barton MB., Delaney GP. Breast 2010 epub 9th March doi:10.1016/j.breast.2010.02.006
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International guidelines for management of metastatic breast cancer: can metastatic breast cancer be cured? Pagani O., Senkus E., Wood W., et al. J Natl Cancer Inst 2010 epub 10th March doi: doi:10.1093/jnci/djq029
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American Society of Clinical Oncology-recommended surveillance and physician specialty among long-term breast cancer survivors. Hollowell K., Olmsted CL., Richardson AS., et al. Cancer 2010 epub 2nd March doi: 10.1002/cncr.25038
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Australian women’s awareness of breast cancer symptoms and responses to potential symptoms. Jones SC., Gregory P., Nehill C., et al. Cancer Causes and Control 2010 epub 23rd February doi:10.1007/s10552-010-9522-9
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Are GPs under-investigating older patients presenting with symptoms of ovarian cancer? Observational study using General Practice Research Database. Tate AR., Nicholoson A., Cassell JA. Br J Cancer 2010 102:947-51
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Impact of interval from breast conserving surgery to radiotherapy on local recurrence in older women with breast cancer: retrospective cohort analysis. Punglia RS., Saito AM., Neville BA., et al. BMJ 2010;340:c845.
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Efficacy of neoadjuvant Cisplatin in triple-negative breast cancer. Silver DP., Richardson AL., Eklund AC., et al. J Clin Oncol 2010;28(7):1145-53.
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Overall Survival and Post-Progression Survival in Advanced Breast Cancer: A Review of Recent Randomized Clinical Trials. Saad ED., Katz A., Buyse M. J Clin Oncol 2010 epub 1st Mar doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.25.5414
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