talc

Summary

Summary: Finely powdered native hydrous magnesium silicate. It is used as a dusting powder, either alone or with starch or boric acid, for medicinal and toilet preparations. It is also an excipient and filler for pills, tablets, and for dusting tablet molds. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Phase III intergroup study of talc poudrage vs talc slurry sclerosis for malignant pleural effusion
    Carolyn M Dresler
    Head, Tobacco Unit, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
    Chest 127:909-15. 2005
  2. ncbi Iodopovidone: an inexpensive and effective agent for chemical pleurodesis
    Ritesh Agarwal
    Lung Cancer 55:253-4. 2007
  3. ncbi Synthesis and characterization of silver/talc nanocomposites using the wet chemical reduction method
    Kamyar Shameli
    Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
    Int J Nanomedicine 5:743-51. 2010
  4. ncbi The evidence on the effectiveness of management for malignant pleural effusion: a systematic review
    Carol Tan
    Thoracic Unit, Guy's Hospital, St Thomas' Street, London SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 29:829-38. 2006
  5. ncbi Use of tunnelled catheters for malignant pleural effusions in patients fit for pleurodesis
    A Tremblay
    Division of Respiratory Medicine, Health Sciences Center, Calgary, AB, Canada
    Eur Respir J 30:759-62. 2007
  6. ncbi Who gains most? A 10-year experience with 611 thoracoscopic talc pleurodeses
    Volker Steger
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Schillerhoehe Hospital, Gerlingen, Germany
    Ann Thorac Surg 83:1940-5. 2007
  7. ncbi Thoracoscopy talc poudrage : a 15-year experience
    J R de Campos
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of San Paulo, Medical School, San Paulo, Brazil
    Chest 119:801-6. 2001
  8. ncbi Talc poudrage versus talc slurry in the treatment of malignant pleural effusion. A prospective comparative study
    Alessandro Stefani
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of General Surgery and Surgical Specialities, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 30:827-32. 2006
  9. ncbi Efficacy of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with talc pleurodesis for porous diaphragm syndrome in patients with refractory hepatic hydrothorax
    Robert J Cerfolio
    Division of Cardio Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
    Ann Thorac Surg 82:457-9. 2006
  10. ncbi Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with talc pleurodesis in the management of symptomatic hepatic hydrothorax
    Dino Ferrante
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-005, USA
    Am J Gastroenterol 97:3172-5. 2002

Research Grants

  1. GRIEF INTERVENTIONS FOR PLAS, ADOLESCENTS AND GUARDIANS
    MARY ROTHERAM BORUS; Fiscal Year: 1999
  2. TGF-BETA FOR PLEURODESIS
    Kirk Lane; Fiscal Year: 2005
  3. Psychosocial Support to HIV/AIDS Affected Children in Zimbabwe
    Danuta Kasprzyk; Fiscal Year: 2009
  4. Identifying Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Alleles using Genome-Wide Scan Data
    CELESTE LEIGH contact PEARCE; Fiscal Year: 2010
  5. Inflammation and Ovarian Cancer
    Roberta Ness; Fiscal Year: 2007
  6. IMPACT OF AIDS ON ADOLESCENTS TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD
    MARY ROTHERAM BORUS; Fiscal Year: 2002
  7. Enzymatic Pleurodesis for Malignant Pleural Effusions
    Larry Tsai; Fiscal Year: 2005
  8. Genes, Hormones & Environment in an Ovarian Cancer Model
    Daniel Cramer; Fiscal Year: 2007
  9. MUC-1 related cancer immunity: determinants and predictive significance
    Daniel Cramer; Fiscal Year: 2007
  10. MUC-1 related cancer immunity: determinants and predictive significance
    Daniel Cramer; Fiscal Year: 2009

Detail Information

Publications220 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Phase III intergroup study of talc poudrage vs talc slurry sclerosis for malignant pleural effusion
    Carolyn M Dresler
    Head, Tobacco Unit, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
    Chest 127:909-15. 2005
    To demonstrate the efficacy, safety, and appropriate mode of instillation of talc for sclerosis in treatment of malignant pleural effusions (MPEs).
  2. ncbi Iodopovidone: an inexpensive and effective agent for chemical pleurodesis
    Ritesh Agarwal
    Lung Cancer 55:253-4. 2007
  3. ncbi Synthesis and characterization of silver/talc nanocomposites using the wet chemical reduction method
    Kamyar Shameli
    Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
    Int J Nanomedicine 5:743-51. 2010
    ..nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) were synthesized using the wet chemical reduction method on the external surface layer of talc mineral as a solid support...
  4. ncbi The evidence on the effectiveness of management for malignant pleural effusion: a systematic review
    Carol Tan
    Thoracic Unit, Guy's Hospital, St Thomas' Street, London SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 29:829-38. 2006
    ..b>Talc tended to be associated with fewer recurrences when compared to bleomycin (RR, 0.64; 95% CI, 0.34-1...
  5. ncbi Use of tunnelled catheters for malignant pleural effusions in patients fit for pleurodesis
    A Tremblay
    Division of Respiratory Medicine, Health Sciences Center, Calgary, AB, Canada
    Eur Respir J 30:759-62. 2007
    ..Tunnelled pleural catheters are an effective way of controlling malignant pleural effusions when used as first-line treatment in patients who appear to be candidates for pleurodesis procedures...
  6. ncbi Who gains most? A 10-year experience with 611 thoracoscopic talc pleurodeses
    Volker Steger
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Schillerhoehe Hospital, Gerlingen, Germany
    Ann Thorac Surg 83:1940-5. 2007
    Thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis is a therapeutic option for recurrent pleural effusion.
  7. ncbi Thoracoscopy talc poudrage : a 15-year experience
    J R de Campos
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of San Paulo, Medical School, San Paulo, Brazil
    Chest 119:801-6. 2001
    To review our experience with thoracoscopy and talc poudrage during the previous 15 years with regards to efficacy, side effects, morbidity, and mortality.
  8. ncbi Talc poudrage versus talc slurry in the treatment of malignant pleural effusion. A prospective comparative study
    Alessandro Stefani
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of General Surgery and Surgical Specialities, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 30:827-32. 2006
    ..of this study was to investigate the effectiveness, safety and appropriate mode of administration of intrapleural talc for pleurodesis, in the treatment of malignant pleural effusion (MPE)...
  9. ncbi Efficacy of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with talc pleurodesis for porous diaphragm syndrome in patients with refractory hepatic hydrothorax
    Robert J Cerfolio
    Division of Cardio Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
    Ann Thorac Surg 82:457-9. 2006
    ..Patients with recurrent, refractory hepatic hydrothorax from porous diaphragm syndrome represent a therapeutic challenge with few options...
  10. ncbi Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with talc pleurodesis in the management of symptomatic hepatic hydrothorax
    Dino Ferrante
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-005, USA
    Am J Gastroenterol 97:3172-5. 2002
    OBJECTIVES: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with talc pleurodesis is a therapeutic option for patients with hepatic hydrothorax that is refractory to medical therapy...
  11. ncbi Is full postpleurodesis lung expansion a determinant of a successful outcome after talc pleurodesis?
    Ricardo Mingarini Terra
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, Heart Institute InCor, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Chest 136:361-8. 2009
    To analyze and compare radiologic lung expansion after talc pleurodesis performed either by videothoracoscopy or chest tube and correlate it with clinical outcome...
  12. ncbi Talc preparations used for pleurodesis vary markedly from one preparation to another
    J Ferrer
    Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
    Chest 119:1901-5. 2001
    BACKGROUND: At the present time, talc is the one of the agents most commonly used for the production of a pleurodesis...
  13. ncbi Thoracoscopy and talc poudrage in the management of hepatic hydrothorax
    J R Milanez de Campos
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein and Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Chest 118:13-7. 2000
    ..Patients and methods: From May 1985 through May 1999, 10 men and 8 women, with a mean age of 57.6 years (range, 26 to 76 years), underwent 21 therapeutic thoracoscopies to achieve pleurodesis by application of talc.
  14. ncbi Treatment of malignant pleural effusion: PleuRx catheter or talc pleurodesis? A cost-effectiveness analysis
    Aaron M Olden
    Division of Ethics, Humanities, and Palliative Care, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
    J Palliat Med 13:59-65. 2010
    ..may be quick and relatively easy to perform, but has a high recurrence rate; chest tube placement with talc slurry is quite effective at achieving pleurodesis, but this procedure can be quite painful and requires ..
  15. ncbi Single versus multiple access video-assisted thoracic surgery in the treatment of malignant pleural effusion
    Stefano Margaritora
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 32:397; author reply 397-8. 2007
  16. ncbi Pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion: talc, toxicity and where next?
    Helen E Davies
    Thorax 63:572-4. 2008
  17. ncbi Early and late morbidity and mortality and life expectancy following thoracoscopic talc insufflation for control of malignant pleural effusions: a review of 400 cases
    Nikolaos Barbetakis
    Thoracic Surgery Department, Theagenio Cancer Hospital, A, Simeonidi 2, Thessaloniki, 54007, Greece
    J Cardiothorac Surg 5:27. 2010
    ..It represents a terminal condition with short median survival (in terms of months) and the goal is palliation. Aim of our study is to analyze morbidity, mortality and life expectancy following videothoracoscopic talc poudrage.
  18. ncbi Perineal use of talc and risk of ovarian cancer
    H Langseth
    The Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of populationbased, Cancer Research, Oslo, Norway
    J Epidemiol Community Health 62:358-60. 2008
    ..Some environmental exposures, notably talc and asbestos, have been suspected as ovarian carcinogens.
  19. ncbi A randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of cosmetic talc compared with iodopovidone for chemical pleurodesis
    Ritesh Agarwal
    Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
    Respirology 16:1064-9. 2011
    b>Talc is an effective and widely used agent for chemical pleurodesis. However, limited availability and high cost hamper the routine use of talc in resource poor countries...
  20. ncbi Talc for pleurodesis?
    Richard W Light
    Chest 122:1506-8. 2002
  21. ncbi Distribution of calibrated talc after intrapleural administration: an experimental study in rats
    Anne Fraticelli
    Department of Pulmonary Diseases, , Marseille, France
    Chest 122:1737-41. 2002
    STUDY OBJECTIVE: Many reports have shown that talc is the most effective and least expensive agent for the creation of a pleural symphysis...
  22. ncbi False positive 18F-FDG-PET/CT in a patient after talc pleurodesis
    Hojjat Ahmadzadehfar
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany
    Lung Cancer 58:418-21. 2007
    ..After diagnosis of emphysemic bullae, the patient underwent talc pleurodesis and had no further complaints...
  23. ncbi Talc powder vs doxycycline in the control of malignant pleural effusion: a prospective, randomized trial
    Jarosław Kuzdzał
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Specialized Hospital of Pulmonary Medicine, Zakopane, Poland
    Med Sci Monit 9:PI54-9. 2003
    ..The aim of the study was to assess the efficiency of talc powder and doxycycline in pleurodesis in patients with malignant pleural effusion in comparable conditions.
  24. ncbi An update of a mortality study of talc miners and millers in Italy
    Maurizio Coggiola
    Dipartimento di Traumatologia, Ortopedia e Medicina del Lavoro dell Università di Torino, Turin, Italy
    Am J Ind Med 44:63-9. 2003
    While talc containing asbestiform fibers is considered a human carcinogen, only limited animal and human data are available on non-asbestiform talc...
  25. ncbi Risk of lung cancer following exposure to carbon black, titanium dioxide and talc: results from two case-control studies in Montreal
    Agnihotram V Ramanakumar
    Centre de Recherche du CHUM, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Int J Cancer 122:183-9. 2008
    ..evaluated the carcinogenicity of three poorly soluble weakly-toxic substances: carbon black, titanium dioxide and talc. Though there is evidence of carcinogenity in experimental animals for these substances, the evidence in humans is ..
  26. ncbi Talc retinopathy
    Vinay A Shah
    Ophthalmology 115:755-755.e2. 2008
  27. ncbi Carcinogenic hazards from inhaled carbon black, titanium dioxide, and talc not containing asbestos or asbestiform fibers: recent evaluations by an IARC Monographs Working Group
    Robert A Baan
    Carcinogen Identification and Evaluation Group, WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
    Inhal Toxicol 19:213-28. 2007
    ..IARC Monographs Working Group reevaluated the carcinogenic hazards to humans of carbon black, titanium dioxide, and talc, which belong to the group of poorly soluble, low-toxicity particles...
  28. ncbi Lung damage in experimental pleurodesis induced by silver nitrate or talc: 1-year follow-up
    Francisco S Vargas
    Pleura Laboratory, Division of Respiratory Diseases, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, R Itapeva 500 cjto 4C, Bela Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil CEP 01332 000
    Chest 122:2122-6. 2002
    To compare the lung damage caused by intrapleural silver nitrate (SN) with that caused by talc over a 12-month period.
  29. ncbi Video-assisted thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis is effective for maintenance of peritoneal dialysis in acute hydrothorax complicating peritoneal dialysis
    Sydney Tang
    Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, Peoples' Republic of China
    Nephrol Dial Transplant 18:804-8. 2003
    ..clinical course and treatment outcome after a recently advocated technique of video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) talc pleurodesis remains unclear...
  30. ncbi Influence of talc dose on extrapleural talc dissemination after talc pleurodesis
    Juan F Montes
    Departament deBiologia Cel.lular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 168:348-55. 2003
    This study was designed to ascertain, in a rabbit model, extrapleural talc deposition and the related inflammatory response after talc slurry pleurodesis with two clinical doses, 200 and 50 mg/kg...
  31. ncbi CT with histopathologic correlation of FDG uptake in a patient with pulmonary granuloma and pleural plaque caused by remote talc pleurodesis
    Minh Nguyen
    Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Atlanta VAMC, 1670 Clairmont Rd, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
    AJR Am J Roentgenol 182:92-4. 2004
  32. ncbi Carcinogenicity of carbon black, titanium dioxide, and talc
    Robertv Baan
    Lancet Oncol 7:295-6. 2006
  33. ncbi The neutrophilic and fibrinolytic response to talc can predict the outcome of pleurodesis
    K Psathakis
    Department of Pneumonology, Army General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece, and Respiratory Endoscopy Unit, Unidad Médico Quirúrgica de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Hospital Universiatrio Viergen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
    Eur Respir J 27:817-21. 2006
    It was hypothesised that monitoring neutrophil and D-dimer (DD) levels into the pleural fluid, after talc instillation, could predict the outcome of pleurodesis...
  34. ncbi Videothoracoscopic talc poudrage in primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a single-institution experience in 861 cases
    Giuseppe Cardillo
    Thoracic Surgery Unit, Carlo Forlanini Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini, Medicine University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 131:322-8. 2006
    We sought to evaluate the outcome of 861 patients treated with videothoracoscopic talc poudrage for primary spontaneous pneumothorax.
  35. ncbi Foreign body post-varicella granulomas due to talc
    C Lazaro
    Department of Dermatology, Lozano Blesa University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain
    J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 20:75-8. 2006
    ..with multiple facial granulomas, persisting more than 6 months and related to the use of topical anti-pruriginous talc powder applied to papuloexudative lesions caused by varicella...
  36. ncbi A comparative study of pleurodesis using talc slurry and bleomycin in the management of malignant pleural effusions
    K C Ong
    Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
    Respirology 5:99-103. 2000
    ..A randomized clinical trial was conducted to compare the efficacy of two commonly used agents, talc and bleomycin, for the pleurodesis of malignant pleural effusions.
  37. ncbi Intrapleural low-dose silver nitrate elicits more pleural inflammation and less systemic inflammation than low-dose talc
    Evaldo Marchi
    Pleura Laboratory, Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute InCor, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Brazil, Rua Lucia B Passarin, 590, Ap 42, Jundiai, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Chest 128:1798-804. 2005
    Several systemic effects have been described after talc pleurodesis. The aim of this study was to assess the systemic response induced by low, nonpleurodesis-inducing doses of talc and silver nitrate in an experimental model in rabbits.
  38. ncbi Clinical efficacy and safety of thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis in malignant pleural effusions
    Steffen Kolschmann
    St George Medical Center, Robert Koch Hospital, Nikolai Rumjanzew Str 100, D 04207 Leipzig, Germany
    Chest 128:1431-5. 2005
    ..The purpose of this study was to determine the long-term efficacy and safety of pleurodesis by thoracoscopic talc poudrage (TTP) in malignant pleural effusions (MPEs).
  39. ncbi Who's (still) afraid of talc?
    M Noppen
    Eur Respir J 29:619-21. 2007
  40. ncbi Some reflections on talc poudrage
    Thomas F Molnar
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 31:1147; author reply 1147-8. 2007
  41. ncbi Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and CT after talc pleurodesis
    Boon Han Kwek
    Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    Chest 125:2356-60. 2004
    BACKGROUND: Talc pleurodesis is widely performed for the management of persistent pneumothorax or pleural effusion, particularly malignant effusions...
  42. ncbi Talc and silver nitrate induce systemic inflammatory effects during the acute phase of experimental pleurodesis in rabbits
    Evaldo Marchi
    Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (InCor, , , Brazil
    Chest 125:2268-77. 2004
    STUDY OBJECTIVE:s: To determine whether talc (TL) and silver nitrate (SN), two effective pleurodesis agents, induce a systemic inflammatory response in the acute phase of experimental pleurodesis in rabbits...
  43. ncbi Safety of pleurodesis with talc poudrage in malignant pleural effusion: a prospective cohort study
    Julius P Janssen
    Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, Netherlands
    Lancet 369:1535-9. 2007
    b>Talc is the most effective chemical pleurodesis agent for patients with malignant pleural effusion...
  44. ncbi Inhalational pulmonary talcosis: high-resolution CT findings in 3 patients
    Edson Marchiori
    Departmento de Radiologia, , RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    J Thorac Imaging 19:41-4. 2004
    We describe the high-resolution CT findings in 3 patients with pulmonary talcosis acquired by the inhalation of talc. The predominant abnormalities consisted of small centrilobular and subpleural nodules and conglomerated masses ..
  45. ncbi Pleurodesis induced by talc or silver nitrate: evaluation of collagen and elastic fibers in pleural remodeling
    Leila Antonangelo
    Laboratory of Pleura-Pulmonary Division and Division of Applied Physiology, Heart Institute (InCor, , , Brazil
    Lung 184:105-11. 2006
    This study evaluated the extracellular matrix (collagen and elastic fibers) in pleurodesis induced by intrapleural talc (TL) or silver nitrate (SN)...
  46. ncbi Mortality among workers at a talc mining and milling facility
    Yasushi Honda
    Environmental Health Sciences Program, Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan
    Ann Occup Hyg 46:575-85. 2002
    This study evaluated mortality among workers at a talc mining and milling facility.
  47. ncbi Long-term follow-up of video-assisted talc pleurodesis in malignant recurrent pleural effusions
    G Cardillo
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Carlo Forlanini Hospital, Via Portuense 332, 00149, Rome, Italy
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 21:302-5; discussion 305-6. 2002
    ..Recurrent pleural effusion is a common condition and often presents a challenge for treatment. The aim of this report is to evaluate the long-term follow-up of thoracoscopic management of malignant recurrent pleural effusions...
  48. ncbi Transforming growth factor-beta2 induces pleurodesis significantly faster than talc
    Y C Gary Lee
    Department of Pulmonary Medicine, St Thomas Hospital and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37202
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 163:640-4. 2001
    ..Conventional pleurodesing agents such as talc act by inducing pleural injury, which results in acute inflammation and fibrosis...
  49. ncbi Effective treatment of malignant pleural effusion by minimal invasive thoracic surgery: thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis and pleuroperitoneal shunts in 101 patients
    M Schulze
    Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Christian Albrechts University Hospital, Kiel, Germany
    Ann Thorac Surg 71:1809-12. 2001
    ..For effective palliation of patients with malignant pleural effusion due to advanced neoplastic disease, any proposed treatment should have low procedure-related mortality and morbidity...
  50. ncbi Early and late mortality after pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion
    Alain Bernard
    Chirurgie Thoracique, Hopital Universitaire, Dijon, France
    Ann Thorac Surg 74:213-7. 2002
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  51. ncbi Systemic distribution of talc after intrapleural administration in rats
    E C Werebe
    Department of Cardiology and Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Chest 115:190-3. 1999
    Many reports have shown the efficacy of talc to induce an effective pleurodesis. However, there is little information about the side effects related to this sclerosing agent...
  52. ncbi Use of small-bore vs large-bore chest tubes for treatment of malignant pleural effusions
    W Parulekar
    National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group, Queen s University, Kingston ON
    Chest 120:19-25. 2001
    ..To evaluate the efficacy of small-bore (12 French vanSonnenberg) catheters compared with standard large-bore chest tubes in the drainage and sclerotherapy of malignant pleural effusions...
  53. ncbi A cohort mortality and nested case-control study of French and Austrian talc workers
    P Wild
    , , Vandoeuvre, France
    Occup Environ Med 59:98-105. 2002
    ..the mortality from non-malignant and malignant respiratory diseases of workers employed in French and Austrian talc mines and mills is related to their long term occupational exposure...
  54. ncbi Experimental pleurodesis in rabbits induced by silver nitrate or talc: 1-year follow-up
    F S Vargas
    Laboratory of Pleura, Division of Respiratory Diseases, Heart Institute, InCor, , Brazil
    Chest 119:1516-20. 2001
    STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare the pleurodesis results from the intrapleural injection of silver nitrate and talc slurry over an observation period of 12 months in rabbits. DESIGN: Rabbits were randomized to receive 2 mL of 0...
  55. ncbi Serious complications with talc slurry pleurodesis
    A Brant
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
    Respirology 6:181-5. 2001
    OBJECTIVE: Talc is a highly efficacious and commonly employed agent for chemical pleurodesis, which has generally been felt to be well tolerated...
  56. ncbi Influence of particle size on extrapleural talc dissemination after talc slurry pleurodesis
    Jaume Ferrer
    Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital General Vall d Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
    Chest 122:1018-27. 2002
    Cases of acute respiratory failure reported after talc pleurodesis have raised concerns about its safety. It has been speculated that this pulmonary inflammatory syndrome is secondary to the extrapleural dissemination of the talc particles...
  57. ncbi An autopsy case of primary pericardial mesothelioma in arc cutter exposed to asbestos through talc pencils
    Hiroshi Fujiwara
    Yodogawa Christian Hospital, 2-9-26, Awaji, Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka 533-0032, Japan
    Ind Health 43:346-50. 2005
    ..He had often had the chance to inhale dust generated by sharpening the slate pencils composed of talc. He was admitted for heart failure due to pericardial tumor, but later died...
  58. ncbi Prospective randomized trial of silver nitrate vs talc slurry in pleurodesis for symptomatic malignant pleural effusions
    Marcello da Silveira Paschoalini
    , , Brazil
    Chest 128:684-9. 2005
    STUDY OBJECTIVES: To compare the efficacy and the safety of talc slurry and silver nitrate (SN) in the treatment of symptomatic malignant pleural effusions...
  59. ncbi Prospective study of talc use and ovarian cancer
    D M Gertig
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 92:249-52. 2000
    Perineal talc use has been associated with an increased risk of ovarian cancer in a number of case-control studies; however, this association remains controversial because of limited supporting biologic evidence and the potential for ..
  60. ncbi Randomized trials describing lung inflammation after pleurodesis with talc of varying particle size
    Nick A Maskell
    Oxford Pleural Disease Clinic, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 170:377-82. 2004
    We report two trials describing whether talc pleurodesis with a mean particle size of less than 15 microm ("mixed" talc) produces more lung and systemic inflammation than tetracycline or "graded" talc (most particles &..
  61. ncbi Talc retinopathy
    Samantha Fraser-Bell
    Department of Ophthalmology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 30:432-3. 2002
    A 45 year old man presented with talc retinopathy that had been present for decades. The static nature of this condition indicates that, in the absence of ongoing intravenous drug use, ophthalmological follow up is not necessary
  62. ncbi An Audit of medical thoracoscopy and talc poudrage for pneumothorax prevention in advanced COPD
    Pyng Lee
    Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
    Chest 125:1315-20. 2004
    To prospectively study all patients with COPD and spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) who underwent thoracoscopic talc poudrage (TP) under local anesthesia to determine its efficacy and safety in recurrence prevention.
  63. ncbi Video-assisted thoracoscopic management of recurrent primary spontaneous pneumothorax after prior talc pleurodesis: a feasible, safe and efficient treatment option
    Christophe Doddoli
    Departments of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universite de la Mediterranee Aix Marseille II, Sainte Marguerite Hospital, Assistance Publique, Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 26:889-92. 2004
    To assess the role of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in the management of a recurrent primary spontaneous pneumothorax after a prior talc pleurodesis.
  64. ncbi Pleurodesis in patients with malignant pleural effusions: talc slurry or bleomycin? Results of a prospective randomized trial
    Fábio José Haddad
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital do Cancer A C Camargo, University of Sao Paulo, Rua Professor Antonio Prudente 211, LIM 62, 01509 900, UNIP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    World J Surg 28:749-53; discussion 753-4. 2004
    ..study was to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and cost of bedside pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusions using talc slurry (TS) or bleomycin (BL) in a prospective randomized trial, and to determine prognosticators for procedure ..
  65. ncbi Re: Thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis for recurrent, symptomatic pleural effusion following cardiac operations. Surg Lap Endosc Percut Tech
    Jarosław Kuzdzał
    Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech 14:102; author reply 102-3. 2004
  66. ncbi Minimally invasive thoracic surgery for diagnostic assessment and palliative treatment in recurrent neoplastic pleural effusion
    P P Brega-Massone
    Oncologic Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy
    Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 52:191-5. 2004
    ..We evaluated the effectiveness of VATS in the diagnosis and palliative treatment of recurrent neoplastic pleural effusions...
  67. ncbi Video-assisted thoracic surgery for pneumothorax in LAM
    Juan C Garzon
    Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    Heart Lung Circ 16:300-2. 2007
    ..Video-assisted thoracic surgery bullectomy and mechanical as well as talc pleurodesis was required to prevent further recurrences...
  68. ncbi Impact of pleural effusion pH on the efficacy of thoracoscopic mechanical pleurodesis in patients with breast carcinoma
    A Crnjac
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Teaching Hospital Maribor, Ljubljanska 5, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 26:432-6. 2004
    ..in patients with breast carcinoma by thoracoscopic mechanical pleurodesis (TMP) as a new palliative treatment and talc pleurodesis (TP) at various pleural fluid pH levels and to determine whether at low pH values, when the success of ..
  69. ncbi Inflammatory parameters after pleurodesis in recurrent malignant pleural effusions and their predictive value
    Valiant Ukale
    Department of Medicine, Thoracic Clinics, Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm S 171 76, Sweden
    Respir Med 98:1166-72. 2004
    ..Eighty-nine prospective patients with malignant pleural effusion who underwent pleurodesis with either talc (48 patients) or quinacrine (41 patients) were included in the study...
  70. ncbi Talc pleurodesis: comparison of talc slurry instillation with thoracoscopic talc insufflation for malignant pleural effusions
    A Debeljak
    University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases Golnik, Golnik, Slovenia
    J BUON 11:463-7. 2006
    Pleurodesis can relieve dyspnea in patients with malignant pleural effusions. We retrospectively compared the success rate of talc slurry instillation pleurodesis with thoracoscopic talc powder insufflation pleurodesis.
  71. ncbi [Bilateral Chylothorax after delivery: an infrequent case treated with videothoracoscopic talc pleurodesis]
    Antonio F Honguero Martínez
    Servicio de Cirugía Torácica Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia Valencia España
    Cir Esp 80:400-2. 2006
    ..Initial conservative treatment failed twice and the chylothorax was successfully treated through sequential bilateral videothoracoscopy with an interval of 6 days between the two interventions and pleurodesis with spray talc.
  72. ncbi [Thoracoscopic pleurodesis in malignant pleural effusions]
    C Mitrofan
    Clinica de Chirurgie Toracic, Facultatea de Medicin, Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie Gr. T. Popa,
    Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi 109:799-803. 2005
    ..In our study, the talc powder (5g) was successfully as sclerosing agent...
  73. ncbi Efficacy of short-term versus long-term chest tube drainage following talc slurry pleurodesis in patients with malignant pleural effusions: a randomised trial
    Anna Goodman
    Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
    Lung Cancer 54:51-5. 2006
    b>Talc pleurodesis is commonly used in the palliative treatment of malignant pleural effusions but the shortest and most effective regime has not been determined...
  74. ncbi The treatment by V.A.T.S. and M.A.C. of secondary neoplastic pleural effusion in the old patient (> 70 years)
    S Griffo
    Chair of Thoracic Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
    Acta Biomed 76:72-5. 2005
    ..Numerous methods and substances have been proposed in the time for the treatment of the N.P.E. The talc pleurodesis executed in the old patients (> 70 years) by means of the V.A.T.S...
  75. ncbi Thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis for the treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax
    P Pletinckx
    Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, AZ Maria Middelares, Sint Jozef, Gent, Belgium
    Acta Chir Belg 105:504-7. 2005
    ..Doubts raised about the safety of talc in performing pleurodesis because of reported complications...
  76. ncbi Predictors of acute lung injury and severe hypoxemia in patients undergoing operative talc pleurodesis
    Tomasz J Kuzniar
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Ann Thorac Surg 82:1976-81. 2006
    Acute lung injury (ALI) is a life-threatening complication of talc pleurodesis...
  77. ncbi Video-thoracoscopic surgical pleurodesis in the management of malignant pleural effusion: the importance of an early intervention
    Antonio Marrazzo
    Department of Experimental Oncology and Clinical Application, University of Palermo, Italy
    J Pain Symptom Manage 30:75-9. 2005
    ..The mean Karnofsky performance status was about 50. Pleurodesis with talc poudrage was completely successful in all patients, with a morbidity rate of 2.6%...
  78. ncbi Management of recurrent malignant pleural effusion with chemical pleurodesis
    Dalokay Kilic
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, , , Sokak No: 6, 01250 Yuregir Adana, Turkey
    Surg Today 35:634-8. 2005
    ..b>Talc was used in 68 (63%) patients, tetracycline in 26 (24%), and bleomycin in 14 (13%)...
  79. ncbi Alternative widely available, inexpensive agents for pleurodesis
    Oner Dikensoy
    Department of Pulmonary Diseases, School of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Turkey
    Curr Opin Pulm Med 11:340-4. 2005
    ..Although talc, parenteral tetracycline derivatives, and bleomycin are the most commonly used agents for pleurodesis, parenteral ..
  80. ncbi A spray catheter technique for pleural anesthesia: a novel method for pain control before talc poudrage
    Pyng Lee
    Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
    Anesth Analg 104:198-200. 2007
    Chemical pleurodesis causes severe pain, prompting physicians to perform thoracoscopic talc poudrage under general or neuroleptanalgesia...
  81. ncbi Thoracoscopic palliative treatment of malignant pleural effusions: results in 273 patients
    K Arapis
    Thoracic Department, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, 42 Bd Jourdan, F-75014, Paris, France
    Surg Endosc 20:919-23. 2006
    ..7%). Pleurodesis was produced by instillation of 5g of sterile asbestos-free talc; the chest tube was left in place a minimum of 3 days. It was removed when fluid drainage was less than 200 ml/24 h...
  82. ncbi Long-term follow-up of thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis for primary spontaneous pneumothorax
    S Györik
    Dept of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH 4031, Basel, Switzerland
    Eur Respir J 29:757-60. 2007
    ..present study was to evaluate the long-term outcome of patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax treated with talc pleurodesis...
  83. ncbi Pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusions: current controversies and variations in practices
    Sophie D West
    Oxford Pleural Diseases Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
    Curr Opin Pulm Med 10:305-10. 2004
    ..RECENT FINDINGS: The selection of pleurodesing agents remains controversial. Talc is more effective, but is associated with more adverse effects...
  84. ncbi Progelatinase B/matrix metalloproteinase-9 proenzyme as a marker of pleural inflammation
    Jaromir Kotyza
    Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty in Pilsen, Charles University, The Czech Republic
    Exp Lung Res 30:297-309. 2004
    ..a local inflammatory reaction, the authors estimated proMMP-9 in pleural fluids of patients undergoing therapeutic talc pleurodesis (n = 20) and explorative thoracoscopy (n = 4), before, and at different time intervals after the ..
  85. ncbi Primary treatment of malignant pleural effusions: video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery poudrage versus tube thoracostomy
    Kurt V Erickson
    Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29203, USA
    Am Surg 68:955-9; discussion 959-60. 2002
    ..pleural effusions secondary to ovarian carcinoma with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)-assisted talc poudrage (VATS-ATP) results in shorter hospital stays and reduced time with a chest tube than primary treatment ..
  86. ncbi [Thoracentesis and pleurodesis in the treatment of pleural effusion. Personal experience]
    F Pisello
    Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Sezione di Chirurgia Generale ad Indirizzo Toracico, Italy
    G Chir 29:299-304. 2008
    ..The pleural effusion is a sign of pulmonary, pleural or extrapulmonary, benign or malignant pathology. Our aim is to bring our experience on the treatment of the malignant pleural effusion through thoracentesis and successive pleurodesis...
  87. ncbi Prospective evaluation of flex-rigid pleuroscopy for indeterminate pleural effusion: accuracy, safety and outcome
    Pyng Lee
    Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
    Respirology 12:881-6. 2007
    ..This study aimed to assess prospectively the accuracy, safety and outcome of flex-rigid pleuroscopy in the diagnosis of patients with indeterminate pleural effusions...
  88. ncbi Thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis for recurrent, symptomatic pleural effusion following cardiac operations
    Douglas E Paull
    Departments of Cardioghoracic Surgery, Wilkes Barres General Hospital, Wilke Barre, PA, USA
    Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech 13:339-44. 2003
    ..developed a recurrent, symptomatic pleural effusion ultimately requiring video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and talc pleurodesis. These patients represented 0...
  89. ncbi Thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion
    David Love
    Division of Surgery, St John of God Hospital, Ryrie Street, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia
    ANZ J Surg 73:19-22. 2003
    ..Management based on thoracoscopy and talc insufflation produces satisfactory results with an acceptable morbidity and no early mortality...
  90. ncbi [Strategy for preventing recurrence after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax; efficacy of talc pleurodesis and absorbable mesh covering]
    Y Sugamura
    Department of Surgery, Sasebo Chuo Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
    Kyobu Geka 55:785-8. 2002
    ..90% of the recurrence occurred in the patients with type III small diffuse bullae. Introduction of the regional talc pleurodesis and covering stapled line with absorbable mesh were extremely useful to lower the recurrence rate after ..
  91. ncbi Distribution of talc suspension during treatment of malignant pleural effusion with talc pleurodesis
    Hans-Jurgen Mager
    Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Heart Lung Center Utrecht, Sint Antonius Ziekenhuis, PO Box 2500, NL-3430 EM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
    Lung Cancer 36:77-81. 2002
    b>Talc pleurodesis is an effective technique for the management of symptomatic malignant pleural effusions. It is assumed that a good dispersion of talc suspension contributes to the final success of this treatment...
  92. ncbi Long-term follow-up of thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis for primary spontaneous pneumothorax
    I Oransky
    Eur Respir J 30:598; author reply 598. 2007
  93. ncbi [Thoracoscopic video-assisted talcum pleurodesis (TTP)--effective treatment of malignant pleural effusion]
    G Brunagel
    Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemein, Viszeral, Thorax und Gefässchirurgie der Rheinischen Friedrich Wilhelms Universität Bonn, Germany
    Zentralbl Chir 127:453-5. 2002
    ..Aim of the palliative therapeutic procedure should be a fast, efficient and pain free treatment of the malignant pleural effusions...
  94. ncbi Video-assisted management of malignant pleural effusion in breast carcinoma
    Roberto Gasparri
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
    Cancer 106:271-6. 2006
    ..were treated by the same thoracic-surgeon team with intracavitary nebulization of 8 g of asbestos-free sterilized talc via VATS. Multiple pleural biopsies were performed to determine biologic characteristics of recurrent disease...
  95. ncbi [Thoracocentesis for the assessment of lung cancer with pleural effusion]
    E Martín Díaz
    Servicio de Cirugía Torácica Hospital General Universitario de Valencia Spain
    Arch Bronconeumol 38:479-84. 2002
    ..To analyze the pleural and mediastinal effect of thoracentesis tumor-positive cytology in pleural effusions (PE) detected by chest X ray of lung cancer patients...
  96. ncbi Effects of additional pleurodesis with dextrose and talc-dextrose solution after video assisted thoracoscopic procedures for primary spontaneous pneumothorax
    Won Jae Chung
    Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ansan Hospital, Korea University, 516 Gojan 1 dong, Ansan, Korea
    J Korean Med Sci 23:284-7. 2008
    ..procedure and pleurodesis with dextrose solution (group B, n=49), and thoracoscopic procedure and pleurodesis with talc-dextrose mixed solution (group C, n=42)...
  97. ncbi Management of malignant pleural effusions
    Y C Gary Lee
    The Centre for Respiratory Research, University College London, London, UK
    Respirology 9:148-56. 2004
    ..b>Talc remains the most commonly used pleurodesing compound in most countries...
  98. ncbi Pleurodesis in recurrent pleural effusions: a randomized comparison of a classical and a currently popular drug
    Valiant Ukale
    Department of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Thoracic Clinics, Karolinska sjukhuset, S 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
    Lung Cancer 43:323-8. 2004
    Pleurodesis is generally regarded to give the best palliation in recurrent pleural effusion. Talc is now increasingly recommended but in our department quinacrine has been used successfully for many decades with good results and only ..
  99. ncbi [Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in diagnosis and treatment of pleuritis]
    Dainius Amerigas Piscikas
    Institute of Oncology, Vilnius University, Santariskiu 1, 2021 Vilnius, Lithuania
    Medicina (Kaunas) 40:145-8. 2004
    ..One hundred three women (71%) and 43 men (29%) were operated. Seventy four (51%) chemopleurodesis was performed with pleural biopsies: for 2 patients (1.36%) bleocine was used, and for 74 patients (50.6%) sterile talk...
  100. ncbi [Treatment of pneumothorax]
    M Klopp
    Chirurgische Abteilung, Thoraxklinik am Universitatsklinikum Heidelberg, Amalienstrasse 5, 69126, Heidelberg, Deutschland
    Chirurg 78:655-68. 2007
    ..For the latter, open thoracotomy and repair is still the recommended approach...
  101. ncbi Propantheline bromide in the management of hyperhidrosis associated with spinal cord injury
    B R Canaday
    Department of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of North Carolina AHEC Program, Wilmington 28402, USA
    Ann Pharmacother 29:489-92. 1995
    ..To report 2 cases in which oral propantheline reduced the discomfort associated with sweating related to spinal cord injury (SCI), and to review the literature on the management of SCI-related sweating...

Research Grants69

  1. GRIEF INTERVENTIONS FOR PLAS, ADOLESCENTS AND GUARDIANS
    MARY ROTHERAM BORUS; Fiscal Year: 1999
    ..are provided; or 2) an enhanced care condition that provides three modules of coping skills intervention (Project TALC: Teens and Adults learning to Communicate) plus social services...
  2. TGF-BETA FOR PLEURODESIS
    Kirk Lane; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..Abrasion requires hospitalization and general anesthesia, the most common irritant used is talc, which has occasional fatal side effects, and the induction of a pleural burn can be extremely painful...
  3. Psychosocial Support to HIV/AIDS Affected Children in Zimbabwe
    Danuta Kasprzyk; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..data from current research, to adapt and implement a psychosocial support and coping skills intervention (Project TALC/TLC/CLEAR) with adolescent children (12-18) living with an HIV-positive parent; 2) to pilot test the intervention ..
  4. Identifying Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Alleles using Genome-Wide Scan Data
    CELESTE LEIGH contact PEARCE; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..factors associated with ovarian cancer have been identified, including menopausal hormone therapy use, perineal talc use, obesity, infertility, parity, breast-feeding, oral contraceptive use, and tubal ligation, In this proposal we ..
  5. Inflammation and Ovarian Cancer
    Roberta Ness; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..We have suggested that inflammation may be involved. Ovulation, endometriosis, and talc use all promote inflammation, and all increase the risk of ovarian cancer; tubal ligation and hysterectomy prevent ..
  6. IMPACT OF AIDS ON ADOLESCENTS TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD
    MARY ROTHERAM BORUS; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..we have successfully designed, implemented, and assessed the impact of an enhanced intervention program (Project TALC) with Parents with AIDS (PWA), their adolescent children (Youth of PWA), and the new Caregivers in a randomized ..
  7. Enzymatic Pleurodesis for Malignant Pleural Effusions
    Larry Tsai; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..formulation to maximize safety and effectiveness in vivo, and 2) comparing responses following enzymatic treatment to those following talc slurry, the current standard non-surgical treatment for malignant effusions in clinical practice.
  8. Genes, Hormones & Environment in an Ovarian Cancer Model
    Daniel Cramer; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..ovarian cancer risk, including Ahr, CYP1A1, COMT, MnSOD, GST, and NAT and may interact with exposures like genital talc. Protection from ovarian cancer is associated with a variety of antioxidants including lycopene, carotene, ginkgo, ..
  9. MUC-1 related cancer immunity: determinants and predictive significance
    Daniel Cramer; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..The findings of our study could provide the basis for developing a safe cancer- preventing vaccine for ovarian cancer and perhaps other MUC1-expressing tumors. ..
  10. MUC-1 related cancer immunity: determinants and predictive significance
    Daniel Cramer; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..The findings of our study could provide the basis for developing a safe cancer- preventing vaccine for ovarian cancer and perhaps other MUC1-expressing tumors. ..
  11. Risk for New onset of Depression in Perimenopausal Women
    Daniel Cramer; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..abstract_text> ..
  12. OVARIAN CANCER RISK AND HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM
    Daniel Cramer; Fiscal Year: 1993
    ..Reproductive variables, oral contraceptive (OC) use, and talc exposure will also be assessed to determine their interrelationship with the environmental and biochemical risk ..
  13. OVARIAN CANCER RISK AND HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM
    Daniel Cramer; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..b>Talc in genital hygiene increased risk predominantly for serous and undifferentiated ovarian cancers and among those who ..
  14. EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND BIOLOGIC PREDICTORS OF IVF SUCCESS
    Daniel Cramer; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ....
  15. Epidemiology of protein glutathiolation
    Joshua Muscat; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Determine the effects of MAC supplementation after adjustment for age, genetic polymorphisms and other factors. ..
  16. Mammographic Densities: In the Pathway to Breast Cancer?
    KARIN ROSENBLATT; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..abstract_text> ..
  17. Polybrominated Biphenyls and Cancer Risk
    KARIN ROSENBLATT; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ....
  18. Partners Southwestern Clinical Epidemiology/Validation
    Daniel Cramer; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ....