Clareann H. Bunker

TL;DR: Associations between inherited cellular transport gene variants and risk of EOC histologic subtypes are revealed on a large cohort of women.

TL;DR: Using the Illumina custom genotyping array iCOGs, SNPs at the TERT locus in breast, ovarian and BRCA1 mutation carrier cancer cases and controls and leukocyte telomere measurements are analyzed to find associations cluster into three independent peaks.

TL;DR: It is suggested that community-dwelling women in Nigeria have poor knowledge of breast cancer and minority practice BSE and CBE and education appears to be the major determinant of level of knowledge and health behavior among the study participants.

TL;DR: A higher proportion of T1 stage prostate tumors in countries with greater percent gross domestic product spent on health care and physicians per 100,000 persons reported lower mortality rates, suggesting that CaP is underdiagnosed and/or underreported in SSA men.

TL;DR: It is suggested that glycemic control, age or duration of IDDM, disturbed lipids, and possibly elevated blood pressure all may contribute to the development of microalbuminuria; and, further, that the adverse cardiovascular risk profile seen in individuals with overt nephropathy may begin to develop even before the detection of micro Albuminuria.