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Male involvement and maternal health outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis.
(2015-06)BACKGROUND: The developing world accounts for 99% of global maternal deaths. Men in developing countries are the chief decision-makers, determining women's access to maternal health services and influencing their health ... -
Malignant Mesothelioma subtyping via sampling driven multiple instance prediction on tissue image and cell morphology data
(2023-09-01)Malignant Mesothelioma is a difficult to diagnose and highly lethal cancer usually associated with asbestos exposure. It can be broadly classified into three subtypes: Epithelioid, Sarcomatoid, and a hybrid Biphasic subtype ... -
Mammographic density and breast cancer risk in breast screening assessment cases and women with a family history of breast cancer
(Elsevier/Science Direct, 2017-11-27)Background Mammographic density has been shown to be a strong independent predictor of breast cancer and a causative factor in reducing the sensitivity of mammography. There remain questions as to the use of mammographic ... -
Mammographic density, endocrine therapy and breast cancer risk: A prognostic and predictive biomarker review
(2018-08-10)© 2018 The Cochrane Collaboration. This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Prognosis). The objectives are as follows: Endocrine therapy for breast cancer prevention has been shown to reduce risk, and for treatment of ... -
Mammographic density, endocrine therapy and breast cancer risk: a prognostic and predictive biomarker review
(Wiley, 2021-10-26)Background Endocrine therapy is effective at preventing or treating breast cancer. Some forms of endocrine therapy have been shown to reduce mammographic density. Reduced mammographic density for women receiving endocrine ... -
Maternal morbidity in Northern Nigeria: Perceptions, care-seeking and measurement within community settings
(University College London, 2019-07-28)Background: Maternal mortality is often described as the ‘tip of the iceberg’ with maternal morbidity as its base. However, little is known about how women perceive, seek care or are impacted by maternal morbidities, or ... -
Maximising the acceptability of extended time intervals between screens in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme: An online experimental study
(SAGE Publications, 2021-09)Objective The NHS Cervical Screening Programme plans to increase the screening interval from 3 to 5 years for women aged 25–49 who test negative for human papillomavirus (HPV). This exploratory cross-sectional online ... -
Measurement challenge: protocol for international case-control comparison of mammographic measures that predict breast cancer risk
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2019-12)Introduction For women of the same age and body mass index, increased mammographic density is one of the strongest predictors of breast cancer risk. There are multiple methods of measuring mammographic density and other ...