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Women diagnosed with an infection, such as urinary tract infection, pneumonia, or sepsis, during a delivery hospitalization were more likely to be readmitted for postpartum stroke, according to a study presented at ISC 2019.
Gangliosides and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) play critical roles in early childhood brain development.
Incorporating polygenic risk scores based on 18 SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) into risk stratification for breast cancer will improve screening results, says an expert.
Making genetic testing mainstream, allows more patients to be tested, identifies more carriers and enables appropriate stratification of treatment and outcomes, says an expert.
Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) syndrome, which is primarily caused by BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, make up 8 to 10 percent of all breast cancers, says a senior consultant.
Women with metabolic syndrome who are diagnosed with early breast cancer may have poorer survival outcomes, according to a study from Italy presented as a poster at SABCS 2018.
Women diagnosed with nonmetastatic breast cancer who were adherent to cardiovascular disease (CVD) medications pre-diagnosis had a high risk of becoming nonadherent post-cancer treatment, with nonadherence increasing their risk of CV events, according to a poster presented at the recent San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS 2018).
