Alive Still

Alive Still ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190908812.003.0012 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 189-216

Author(s):

Cathy Curtis

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Twentieth Century ◽

Late Life ◽

Health Problems ◽

Eye Disease ◽

Marge Piercy ◽

Postpolio Syndrome ◽

Georgia O'keeffe ◽

Life Projects

Nell’s fiftieth solo exhibition opened at the Fischbach Gallery in 1991. Her late-life projects ranged from illustrating a book of poetry by the late Marge Piercy to calling the governor of Virginia in an effort to stay the execution of a convicted rapist and murderer. During the 1990s, Nell’s health problems included eye disease and breast cancer as well as postpolio syndrome. The increasing curvature in her back tired her and made sitting at an easel painful. But she carried on anyway, often painting flower still lifes. This chapter briefly discusses her style with reference to flower paintings by other twentieth-century artists, including Mondrian, Hartley, Bonnard, Monet, Ellsworth Kelly, and Georgia O’Keeffe. Her last Gloucester painting, Rock Shadows (1995), hints at closure while embodying a sense of the continuous rhythms of life. Nell died on November 14, 1996. The following January, artist and writer friends gathered at her memorial.

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The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear, and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America

Journal of American History ◽

10.2307/2700933 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 89 (1) ◽

pp. 318

Author(s):

Rima D. Apple ◽

Barron H. Lerner ◽

Jordan Goodman ◽

Vivien Walsh

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Twentieth Century ◽

Twentieth Century America

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Fertility Age Couples Motivation On Cervical Cancer Early Detection

International Journal of Health Science and Technology ◽

10.31101/ijhst.v3i2.1977 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

Author(s):

SITI NURUL KHOTIMAH

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Cervical Cancer ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

Early Detection ◽

Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽

Health Problems ◽

Population Exposure ◽

Second Cancer ◽

Cancer Early Detection ◽

Research Questions

Cervical cancer is most often attacking women. After breast cancer, cervical cancer becomes second cancer infecting women. (WHO, 2014). This research aims to get the results from the fertility age couples' motivation on cervical cancer early detection.The preparation of a scoping review adapted the Arksey O'Malley framework consisted of 5 stages: research questions with the PEOs framework (Population, Exposure, and Outcomes), searching literature using relevant databases. The 12 articles used to consist of 3 themes, namely sexual and reproductive health problems, sexual health problems, and sexual and reproductive health.

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Disease Constituencies

Common Enemies ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190918408.003.0003 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 43-66

Author(s):

Rachel Kahn Best

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Twentieth Century ◽

Women's Health ◽

Gay Rights ◽

Public Life ◽

Political Advocacy ◽

Congressional Hearings ◽

Disease Advocacy ◽

Health And Illness ◽

New Type

In the second half of the twentieth century, disease advocacy evolved from universal campaigns to patients’ constituencies. Changes in the experience of health and illness and the nationwide expansion of political advocacy laid the groundwork for patient-led campaigns. Then, AIDS and breast cancer activists constructed a new type of disease advocacy on the foundations of the gay rights and women’s health movements. Unlike the earlier disease crusades, these movements were led by patients banding together to fight diseases that affected them personally, and they blazed a trail for patients suffering from other diseases. As patients’ activism became increasingly legitimate, disease nonprofits proliferated, patients took over congressional hearings, and disease walks and ribbons became an inescapable feature of American public life.

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Tamoxifen-associated eye disease. A review.

Journal of Clinical Oncology ◽

10.1200/jco.1996.14.3.1018 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 1018-1026 ◽

Cited By ~ 112

Author(s):

S G Nayfield ◽

M B Gorin

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Adverse Effects ◽

Macular Edema ◽

Case Reports ◽

Eye Disease ◽

High Dose ◽

Ocular Toxicity ◽

Early Stage Disease ◽

Clinical Series

PURPOSE The oral antiestrogen tamoxifen has demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer and as adjuvant therapy in early-stage disease. Clinical trials of tamoxifen in chemoprevention of breast cancer among high-risk women have focused attention on potential adverse effects of long-term tamoxifen use, including the possibility of ocular toxicity. This review evaluates the published case reports, clinical series, and clinical trial data on ocular toxicities attributed to tamoxifen. Clinical issues of surveillance, differential diagnosis, and management of tamoxifen-related eye disease are discussed. DESIGN National Library of Medicine online bibliographic services were used to identify case reports and clinical studies of ocular adverse effects that occurred in patients receiving tamoxifen published through the fall of 1994. The medical literature relevant to issues raised by the reports and studies was similarly identified and reviewed. RESULTS Case reports and case series identify crystalline retinal deposits, macular edema, and corneal changes as potential tamoxifen ocular toxicities. Extensive retinal lesions and macular edema with visual impairment have been reported in a few patients receiving high-dose tamoxifen. Less extensive retinal changes may occur in patients receiving low doses for long periods, and isolated retinal crystals may be observed in patients without visual symptoms. CONCLUSION Ocular toxicity is uncommon in the current clinical setting of long-term, low-dose tamoxifen use. Physicians should be aware of the potential for ocular toxicity among patients receiving the drug and should assure appropriate surveillance and prompt evaluation of visual complaints.

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A Darker Ribbon: Breast Cancer, Women, and Their Doctors in the Twentieth Century (review)

Bulletin of the History of Medicine ◽

10.1353/bhm.2000.0133 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 74 (3) ◽

pp. 651-652

Author(s):

Barron H. Lerner

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Twentieth Century

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Impact of oral health problems on the quality of life of women with breast cancer

RGO - Revista Gaúcha de Odontologia ◽

10.1590/1981-86372019000393680 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 67 ◽

Author(s):

Marcela Vieira CALMON ◽

Maria Aparecida Amaral MUSSO ◽

Larissa Rodrigues DELL’ANTONIO ◽

Eliana ZANDONADE ◽

Maria Helena Costa AMORIM ◽

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Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Quality Of Life ◽

Oral Health ◽

Health Problems ◽

Clinical Staging ◽

Fisher Exact Test ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Significance Level ◽

The Impact

ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the impact of oral health on quality of life and to examine the association with sociodemographic, clinical staging and dental variables in women diagnosed with breast cancer. Methods This is an observational cross-sectional study with sample composed of 89 women treated at a Reference Hospital in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, between January and December 2012. Two scripts in the form of interviews were used, one to record participants’ information; and the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14), to evaluate the impacts produced by the oral condition on quality of life. Descriptive analysis of data was performed. The comparison of the percentage of the impact dimensions with independent variables was tested by the chi-square test or the Fisher exact test, when appropriate. To assess the strength of association between exposure and event, odds ratio was calculated. Significance level of 5% was adopted. Results The impact was 28.1%, there was a statistically significant association with variables income (p = 0.039) and reason for the visit to the oral health professional (p = 0.012). Conclusion Studies on quality of life of cancer patients are of fundamental importance for understanding the impact of oral health problems on quality of life.

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