Publications by authors named "Francesca De Nard"

Background: communicating breast cancer screening (BCS) limits and overdiagnosis implies providing complete and balanced information to allow informed decision-making.

Objectives: to describe women's perceptions, preconceptions, and information preferences regarding the breast cancer screening (BCS) programme paper and web information materials of the Agency for Health Protection of the Metropolitan Area of Milan (Lombardy Region, Northern Italy).

Design: qualitative, descriptive study.

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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients undergoing biological therapy is not infrequent. This condition can occur in patients with chronic hepatitis B as well as in patients with resolved HBV infection. Current recommendations are mainly focused on prevention and management strategies of viral reactivation under tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors or chimeric monoclonal antibody rituximab.

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