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Llerena A, Alvarez M, Dorado P, González I, Peñas-LLedó E, Pérez B, Cobaleda J, Calzadilla LR. Interethnic differences in the relevance of CYP2C9 genotype and environmental factors for diclofenac metabolism in Hispanics from Cuba and Spain. THE PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL 2013; 14:229-34. [DOI: 10.1038/tpj.2013.28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2013] [Revised: 05/24/2013] [Accepted: 07/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Anguera I, Dallaglio PD, Alvarez M, Jimenez-Candil J, Arcocha MF, Peinado R, Garcia-Seara J, Herreros B, Hernandez-Madrid A, Sabate X. Acute success and predictors of recurrences after ablation of right atrial macro-reentrant tachyarrhythmias following surgical repair of congenital and acquired heart disease. Eur Heart J 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht308.p2314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Jimenez Jaimez J, Peinado R, Zorio Grima E, Gimeno JR, Segura F, Mazuelos F, Morinas P, Alvarez M, Montserrat L, Tercedor L. Systematic assesment of patients with unexplained cardiac arrest: results from the FIVI-Gen study. Eur Heart J 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht308.1742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Dallaglio PD, Anguera I, Alvarez M, Jimenez-Candil J, Arcocha MF, Peinado R, Garcia Seara J, Herreros B, Quesada A, Sabate X. Clinical characteristics and long-term follow-up after ablation of right atrial macro-reentrant tachyarrhythmias following surgical repair of congenital and acquired heart disease. Eur Heart J 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht310.p4976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Diz P, Alvarez J, Limeres J, Feijoo JF, Castro M, Vazquez E, Medina J, Alvarez M. A new antimicrobial prophylactic regimen to prevent bacteraemia following dental procedures. Eur Heart J 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht310.p4766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Gilbert M, Alvarez M, Krajden M, Buxton JA, Lester R, Money D, Kuo M, Ogilvie G. P3.197 Uptake and Case Detection of Prenatal Screening of Maternal Syphilis, HIV and Hepatitis C, in British Columbia, Canada, 2007–2011. Br J Vener Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Kyrtatos PG, Debard A, Martin-Blondel G, Alvarez M, Delobel P, Marchou B, Massip P, Wagner T. FDG-PET/CT findings during immune reconstitution in an HIV-1 patient infected with visceral leishmaniasis. Infection 2013; 41:1017-9. [PMID: 23709292 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-013-0459-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Visceral leishmaniasis can rarely be unmasked by immune reconstitution in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1-infected patients. We report the first case of immune reconstitution associated with leishmaniasis in an HIV patient to be imaged with [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG/PET), at both baseline and after therapy.
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Ferrit M, Alvarez M, Aznarte P, Madrid A, Puerta E, Martinez N, Calleja MA. DSL-018 Optimization of a Drug Repackaging Area Through the Development of a Protocol in a Tertiary Hospital. Eur J Hosp Pharm 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/ejhpharm-2013-000276.261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Alvarez-Rodríguez M, Alvarez M, Borragan S, Martinez-Pastor F, Holt W, Fazeli A, de Paz P, Anel L. The addition of heat shock protein HSPA8 to cryoprotective media improves the survival of brown bear (Ursus arctos) spermatozoa during chilling and after cryopreservation. Theriogenology 2013; 79:541-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2012] [Accepted: 11/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Alvarez-Rodríguez M, Alvarez M, Anel-López L, Martínez-Rodríguez C, Martínez-Pastor F, Borragan S, Anel L, de Paz P. The antioxidant effects of soybean lecithin- or low-density lipoprotein-based extenders for the cryopreservation of brown-bear (Ursus arctos) spermatozoa. Reprod Fertil Dev 2013; 25:1185-93. [PMID: 23312130 DOI: 10.1071/rd12181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2023] Open
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Egg yolk low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and soybean lecithin were evaluated as replacements for egg yolk in extenders used for the cryopreservation of brown-bear spermatozoa. The motility, viability and acrosomal status of post-thawed spermatozoa were analysed, and an egg-yolk extender was used as a control. The total antioxidant capacity of these extenders was tested. Soybean lecithin showed an effect that was dependent on the soybean concentration (2%, 3.5% and 5%) and source (Type A: 24% L-α-phosphatidylcholine, and Type B: 14-23% L-α-phosphatidylcholine). Only semen cryopreserved with 5% Type A soybean exhibited a sperm motility similar to that of semen cryopreserved in egg-yolk-based extender after thawing, although the sperm viability and acrosome status were not as high. Semen frozen in an extender containing LDL (10-15%) exhibited improved sperm viability in comparison with the control, but sperm motility was lower. The LDL-based extender exhibited a higher anti-oxidant activity than the egg-yolk extender and soy lecithin-based extenders. The extenders with higher anti-oxidant activity showed improvements in frozen sperm viability but lower semen motility. These results indicate that soybean lecithin did not have the same protective effect as egg yolk during the freezing of brown-bear spermatozoa but suggest that LDL (10-15%) could be a useful substitute for egg yolk in these extenders.
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Mayuet P, Gallo A, Portal A, Arroyo P, Alvarez M, Marcos M. Damaged Area based Study of the Break-IN and Break-OUT Defects in the Dry Drilling of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics (CFRP). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2013.08.249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Solves P, Alvarez M, Mirabet V. Presence of hydroxy ethyl starch increases the false positive anti-HIV test results in cord blood samples. Int J Lab Hematol 2012; 34:e7-8. [PMID: 25998185 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553x.2012.01449.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Quintana C, Galleguillos L, Benavides E, Quintana JC, Zúñiga A, Duarte I, Klaassen J, Kolbach M, Soto RM, Iacobelli S, Alvarez M, O'Brien A. Clinical diagnostic clues in Crohn's disease: a 41-year experience. ISRN GASTROENTEROLOGY 2012; 2012:285475. [PMID: 23213555 PMCID: PMC3506886 DOI: 10.5402/2012/285475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2012] [Accepted: 09/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Determining the diagnosis of Crohn's disease has been highly difficult mainly during the first years of this study carried out at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica (PUC) Clinical Hospital. For instance, it has been frequently confused with Irritable bowel syndrome and sometimes misdiagnosed as ulcerative colitis, infectious colitis or enterocolitis, intestinal lymphoma, or coeliac disease. Consequently, it seems advisable to characterize what the most relevant clinical features are, in order to establish a clear concept of Crohn's disease. This difficulty may still be a problem at other medical centers in developing countries. Thus, sharing this information may contribute to a better understanding of this disease. Based on the clinical experience gained between 1963 and 2004 and reported herein, the main clinical characteristics of the disease are long-lasting day and night abdominal pain, which becomes more intense after eating and diarrhoea, sometimes associated to a mass in the abdomen, anal lesions, and other additional digestive and nondigestive clinical features. Nevertheless, the main aim of this work has been the following: is it possible to make, in an early stage, the diagnosis of Crohn's disease with a high degree of certainty exclusively with clinical data?
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Monge S, Guillot V, Alvarez M, Peña A, Viciana P, García-Bujalance S, Pérez Elias M, Iribarren J, Gutiérrez F, Itziar Casado M, Garcia F, CoRIS. Analysis of transmitted drug resistance in Spain in the years 2007–2010 documents a decline in mutations to the non-nucleoside drug class. Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18:E485-90. [DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Irastorza LJ, Rojano P, Gonzalez-Salvador T, Cotobal J, Leira M, Rojas C, Rubio G, Rodríguez-Rieiro C, Bellon JM, Alvarez M, Rodríguez C, Arango C. Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the diagnostic interview for depressive personality. Eur Psychiatry 2012; 27:582-90. [PMID: 21296561 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2010] [Revised: 11/15/2010] [Accepted: 11/16/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Spanish-language version of the diagnostic interview for depressive personality (DIDP). The DIDP was administered to 328 consecutive outpatients and the test-retest and inter-rater reliability were assessed. Factor analysis was used in search of factors capable of explaining the scale and a cutoff point was established. The DIDP scales showed adequate Cronbach's α values and acceptable test-retest and inter-rater reliability coefficients. Convergent and discriminant validity were explored, the latter with respect to avoidant and borderline personality disorders. The results of the factor analysis were consistent with the four-factor structure of the DIDP scales. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis revealed the area under the curve to be 0.848. We found 30 to be a good cutoff point, with a sensitivity of 74.5% and a specificity of 78.5%. The DIDP proved to be a reliable and valid instrument for assessing depressive personality disorder, at least among our outpatients. The psychometric properties of the DIDP support its clinical usefulness in assessing depressive personality.
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Alvarez M, Pina DR, Miranda JRA, Duarte SB. Application of wavelets to the evaluation of phantom images for mammography quality control. Phys Med Biol 2012; 57:7177-90. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/21/7177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Klinzing D, Matias R, Choi S, Hasan N, Torres B, Liles V, Juan M, Alvarez M, Capistrano R, Villareal M, Geronimo J, Lopez J, Mapue M, Alberto F, Gibbons H, Rosenzweig N, Cebula T, Tayag E, Natividad F, Colwell R, Skowronski E. Genome sequencing of Vibrio cholerae isolates from an outbreak in the Philippines: unique genome structure and mobile elements. Int J Infect Dis 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.05.302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Baclig M, Alvarez M, Liles V, Polido W, Cua I, Bocobo J, Natividad F, Gopez-Cervantes J. Detection of lamivudine and adefovir resistance mutations among Filipino patients with chronic hepatitis B using line probe assay. Int J Infect Dis 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.05.171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Martínez-Rodríguez C, Alvarez M, Ordás L, Chamorro C, Martinez-Pastor F, Anel L, de Paz P. Evaluation of ram semen quality using polyacrylamide gel instead of cervical mucus in the sperm penetration test. Theriogenology 2012; 77:1575-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2011] [Revised: 11/23/2011] [Accepted: 11/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Grogan P, Alvarez M, Jones L. Headache Direction and Aura Predicts Migraine Responsiveness to Rimabotulinumtoxin B (P03.231). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p03.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Alvarez M, Grogan P. Connecting with Kinect(R) To Improve Motor and Gait Function in Parkinson Disease (P01.176). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p01.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Limonta D, Falcón V, Torres G, Capó V, Menéndez I, Rosario D, Castellanos Y, Alvarez M, Rodríguez-Roche R, de la Rosa MC, Pavón A, López L, González K, Guillén G, Diaz J, Guzmán MG. Dengue virus identification by transmission electron microscopy and molecular methods in fatal dengue hemorrhagic fever. Infection 2012; 40:689-94. [PMID: 22527878 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-012-0260-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2012] [Accepted: 04/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Dengue virus is the most significant virus transmitted by arthropods worldwide and may cause a potentially fatal systemic disease named dengue hemorrhagic fever. In this work, dengue virus serotype 4 was detected in the tissues of one fatal dengue hemorrhagic fever case using electron immunomicroscopy and molecular methods. This is the first report of dengue virus polypeptides findings by electron immunomicroscopy in human samples. In addition, not-previously-documented virus-like particles visualized in spleen, hepatic, brain, and pulmonary tissues from a dengue case are discussed.
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Mata-Campuzano M, Alvarez-Rodríguez M, Alvarez M, Anel L, de Paz P, Garde JJ, Martínez-Pastor F. Effect of several antioxidants on thawed ram spermatozoa submitted to 37°C up to four hours. Reprod Domest Anim 2012; 47:907-14. [PMID: 22372742 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2012.01990.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Thawed ram spermatozoa were incubated at 37°C in the presence of dehydroascorbic acid (DHA), TEMPOL (TPL), N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) and rutin (RUT), at 0.1 and 1 mm, in order to test their effects on sperm physiology. Cryopreserved spermatozoa from four rams were thawed, pooled, washed and incubated in TALP-Hepes with 1 mm or 0.1 mm of each antioxidant, performing a replicate with induced oxidative stress (Fe(2+) /ascorbate). Motility (CASA), viability and mitochondrial membrane potential (flow cytometry) were analysed at 2 and 4 h. Lipoperoxidation (MDA production), intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and DNA status (TUNEL) were analysed at 4 h. Antioxidants, except DHA 0.1 mm, decreased motility and kinematic parameters, but had little effect on viability or mitochondrial activity. Except 1 mm DHA, the antioxidants reduced ROS at 4 h. Moreover, NAC 1 mm, rutin and TEMPOL reduced ROS and DNA damage in the presence of oxidative stress. N-acetyl-cysteine, rutin 1 mm and TEMPOL reduced lipoperoxidation in the presence of oxidative stress. However, DHA did not affect lipoperoxidation. At 1 mm, DHA increased DNA damage in the absence of oxidative stress. Dehydroascorbic acid effects could arise from spermatozoa having a low capacity for reducing it to ascorbic acid, and it may be tested in the presence of other antioxidants or reducing power. Future research should focus in testing whether the inhibition of motility observed for NAC, rutin and TEMPOL is reversible. These antioxidants might be useful at lower temperatures (refrigerated storage or cryopreservation) when their protective effects could be advantageous.
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Alvarez M, Tamayo-Canul J, Anel E, Boixo JC, Mata-Campuzano M, Martinez-Pastor F, Anel L, de Paz P. Sperm concentration at freezing affects post-thaw quality and fertility of ram semen. Theriogenology 2011; 77:1111-8. [PMID: 22192392 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2011] [Revised: 10/03/2011] [Accepted: 10/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have investigated the effect of sperm concentration in the freezing doses 200, 400, 800, and 1600 × 10(6) mL(-1) on the post-thaw quality and fertility of ram semen. Semen was collected from seven adult Churra rams by artificial vagina during the breeding season. The semen was diluted in an extender (TES-Tris-fructose, 20% egg yolk, and 4% glycerol), to a final concentration of 200, 400, 800, or 1600 × 10(6) mL(-1) and frozen. Doses were analyzed post-thawing for motility (computer-assisted sperm analysis system [CASA]), viability, and acrosomal status (fluorescence probes propidium iodide [PI]/peanut agglutinin conjugated with fluorescein thiocyanate (PNA-FITC), SYBR-14/PI [Invitrogen; Barcelona, Spain] and YO-PRO-1/PI [Invitrogen; Barcelona, Spain]). Total motility and velocity were lower for 1600 × 10(6) mL(-1) doses, while progressive motility and viability were lower both for 800 and 1600 × 10(6) mL(-1). The proportion of viable spermatozoa showing increased membrane permeability (YO-PRO-1+) rose in 800 and 1200 × 10(6) mL(-1). Intrauterine inseminations were performed with the 200, 400, and 800 × 10(6) mL(-1) doses at a fixed sperm number (25 × 10(6) per uterine horn) in synchronized ewes. Fertility (lambing rate) was similar for semen frozen at 200 (57.5%) or 400 × 10(6) mL(-1) (54.4%), whereas it was significantly lower for 800 × 10(6) mL(-1) (45.5%). In conclusion, increasing sperm concentration in cryopreserved semen, at least at 800 × 10(6) mL(-1) and more, adversely affects the postthawing quality and fertility of ram semen.
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Reimers LL, Campbell J, Hershman D, Greenlee H, Terry MB, Maurer M, Kalinsky K, Jayasena R, Sandoval R, Alvarez M, Crew KD. P4-11-06: Uptake of Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators and Other Breast Cancer Prevention Strategies among High-Risk Women Seen in a Breast Center. Cancer Res 2011. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs11-p4-11-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), tamoxifen and raloxifene, are FDA-approved for breast cancer (BC) risk reduction. However, uptake has been poor in the prevention setting, partly due to a lack of knowledge in the medical community about BC prevention and public misconceptions about the risks of SERMs. We assessed demographic and clinical factors that influence SERM uptake among high-risk women seen in an academic breast center, where specialized risk counseling is provided by a breast surgeon or medical oncologist.
Methods: Potential subjects included high-risk women seen for an initial consultation by Breast Surgery or Medical Oncology. Eligibility for SERM use included a 5-year Gail risk ≥1.67%, lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), BRCA mutation carrier, or estrogen receptor (ER)-positive and/or progesterone receptor (PR)-positive ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Demographic and BC risk factor data was collected from self-administered questionnaires. Clinical data, including prior/current SERM use, was abstracted from medical chart review. Differences in distribution of risk factors, between women who ever took a SERM and those who did not, were examined using chi-square statistics or Fisher's exact test. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to calculate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals using SERM use as the dependent variable.
Results: Among 247 high-risk women enrolled between March 2007 and January 2011, median age 51 (17-82); White/Hispanic/Black/Asian (%): 55/32/7/6. 85% of women were undergoing annual mammography, 94% had a breast biopsy, 19% genetic testing, and 71% Medical Oncology referral. Among 181 (73%) women eligible for a SERM, Gail risk ≥1.67%/LCIS/DCIS/BRCA mutation (%): 35/22/39/3; 83 (46%) ever took a SERM, including 62 on tamoxifen and 21 on raloxifene. Early SERM discontinuation was only 7%. In multivariable analysis, significant predictors of SERM uptake included risk category (DCIS vs. Gail risk ≥1.67%/LCIS/BRCA mutation), higher income, higher body mass index (BMI), and referral to Medical Oncology. In terms of this high-risk population meeting American Cancer Society (ACS) behavioral guidelines for cancer prevention, 53% had a BMI <25 kg/m2, 44% consumed ≤1 alcoholic beverage per day, and 10% engaged in ≥4 hours of moderate physical activity per week; only 3.5% met all 3 recommendations.
Conclusions: Among high-risk women seen at a specialized breast center, application of clinical recommendations such as screening mammography, genetic testing, and SERM uptake were relatively high, suggesting that a comprehensive approach to the management of high-risk women is feasible. However, meeting ACS nutrition and physical activity guidelines for cancer prevention was limited, perhaps due to a lack of reimbursable staff to implement these guidelines. Breast cancer risk assessment and available interventions for prevention among high-risk women are underutilized in the U.S. Future studies should focus on the development and delivery of breast cancer prevention strategies.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2011;71(24 Suppl):Abstract nr P4-11-06.
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