Objective: To determine the prevalence and incidence of lower limb lymphoedema (LLL) in
a cohort of women who had treatment for gynaecological cancer between May 1995 and …

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To describe women's experiences with lower limb lymphedema to
inform both preventive and management clinical practices. DESIGN: A retrospective survey. …

Epidemiological studies have shown an increased risk of breast cancer in obligate ataxia
telangiectasia (A‐T) heterozygotes. We analyzed 100 samples from young breast cancer …

The suitability of Glass Polyalkenoate Cements (GPCs) for use in orthopaedics is retarded
by the presence in the glass phase of aluminium, a neurotoxin. Unfortunately, the aluminium …

The prevalence of pressure sores has been frequently reported However, such measures
fail to identify how many patients develop sores, while longitudinal changes in prevalence …

Objective To test the hypothesis that communicating risk of developing Crohn’s disease based
on genotype and that stopping smoking can reduce this risk, motivates behaviour change …

The cloning of the breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene, BRCA1, allows direct
estimation of the proportion of these cancers in the general population which can be attributed to …

Objectives: To explore the views and opinions of patients with a family history of colorectal
cancer, and of primary and secondary care health professionals, on how to improve current …

EDITOR—Holt-Oram syndrome (HOS) is a developmental disorder characterised by
malformations of the radial ray of the forelimb and by congenital heart disease. 1 The syndrome …

During the past decade there has been a rapid rise in genetic knowledge and huge technological
advances. It is now possible to identify families at increased risk of inherited cardiac …