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BC Platforms Partners with Australian Tissue Bank (ABCTB) to Improve Breast Cancer Treatment Outcomes
ABCTB joins the world s top biobanks and healthcare data collections in the Global Data Partner Network BCRQUEST.com
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ZURICH and BOSTON, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ BC Platforms, a global leader in healthcare data management, analytics and access announced that it has formed a new data partnership with the Australian Breast Cancer Tissue Bank (ABCTB) for its BCRQUEST.com Global Data Partner Network. The collaboration will support the ACBTB s mission to improve the treatment outcomes of patients with breast cancer. The ABCTB tissue bank is hosted at the University of Sydney s Westmead Institute for Medical Research.
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But Australian study found higher risk for other adverse outcomes
Late-stage decreased fetal movement (DFM) was not linked with an increased risk of stillbirth, according to researchers in Australia, but DFM at their institution is heavily managed, and DFM was associated with other negative outcomes.
At the country’s largest maternal hospital, all women presenting with DFM after 28 weeks and 0 days gestation receive electronic fetal heart rate monitoring and a blood test to detect fetomaternal hemorrhage, as well as consideration for ultrasonography to assess fetal growth and well-being, explained Sailesh Kumar, DPhil, Mater Research Institute at the University of Queensland in South Brisbane, and co-authors.
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Study finds vitamin D does not protect against most cancers
QIMR Berghofer researchers have found vitamin D levels do not influence a person’s risk of developing most common cancers, suggesting that widespread use of vitamin D supplements is unlikely to prevent cancer.
The study used genetic markers of vitamin D to examine the relationship between vitamin D and endometrial, ovarian, oesophageal, prostate, pancreatic and lung cancers, as well as neuroblastoma, melanoma, and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the skin.
While they did not find a link between most of the cancers, the researchers did confirm previous research that found women who were genetically predisposed to having higher levels of vitamin D had a slightly lower risk of developing ovarian cancer.
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A combination of preventive treatments reduced tooth decay and improved the quality of life for more than 200 Indigenous Australian children living in remote north Queensland, a study has found.
University of Queensland School of Dentistry researcher Associate Professor Ratilal Lalloo said the intervention was especially effective in reducing severe tooth decay.
“Children who had the health preventative procedures experienced fewer instances of severe new tooth decay compared to children who didn’t receive treatment,” Dr Lalloo said.
“Access to dental services in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is extremely limited and therefore prevention of tooth decay is critical to address this significant health burden.