The association between soy isoflavone intake and menopausal symptoms after breast cancer diagnosis: a prospective longitudinal cohort study on Chinese breast cancer patients.

Purpose: This study investigated the association between soy isoflavone intake and menopausal symptoms (MPS) among Chinese women with early stage breast cancer in a prospective cohort study.

Methods: In an on-going prospective cohort study that involved 1462 Chinese women with early stage breast cancer, MPS were assessed at 18, 36 and 60 months after cancer diagnosis using the validated menopausal rating scale (MRS) questionnaire. Daily soy food intake for the previous 12 months was assessed at the same time using a validated food frequency questionnaire.

Dietary changes in the first 3 years after breast cancer diagnosis: a prospective Chinese breast cancer cohort study.

Background: The diagnosis of cancer can motivate patients to change their dietary habits. Evidence on changes in dietary intake before and after breast cancer diagnosis in Chinese women has been limited.

Patients And Methods: In an ongoing prospective cohort study which involved 1,462 Chinese women with early-stage breast cancer, validated food frequency questionnaire was used to assess prediagnostic dietary intake (using questionnaire to recall dietary intake before diagnosis, which completed at baseline, ie, 0-12 months after diagnosis) and postdiagnostic dietary intake at 18-month and 36-month follow-ups after diagnosis.

Adherence to the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research Guideline Is Associated With Better Health-Related Quality of Life Among Chinese Patients With Breast Cancer.

The 2007 World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) guideline provides recommendations for cancer prevention among cancer survivors. Limited data have examined whether guideline adherence is related to health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among Chinese patients with breast cancer. An ongoing prospective cohort study involving 1,462 Chinese women with early-stage breast cancer assessed exercise, diet, and body mass index (BMI) at baseline and at 18-months follow-up after diagnosis.

A minimally invasive posterior lumbar interbody fusion using percutaneous long arm pedicle screw system for degenerative lumbar disease.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of patients with lumbar degeneration and instability treated with percutaneous pedicle screw fixation and minimally invasive lumbar interbody fusion. Twenty-one patients were selected in our hospital from November, 2012 to March, 2013. The patients with an average age 55.