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The menopause transition and womenʼs health at midlife: a progress report from the Study of Womenʼs Health Across the Nation (SWAN) by El Khoudary, Samar R, Greendale, Gail, Crawford, Sybil L, Avis, Nancy E, Brooks, Maria M, Thurston, Rebecca C, Karvonen-Gutierrez, Carrie, Waetjen, L Elaine, Matthews, Karen

“…OBJECTIVE:Our initial understanding of the menopause transition (MT) has been framed by clinical samples of women seeking treatment rather than by…”
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Duration of menopausal vasomotor symptoms over the menopause transition by Avis, Nancy E, Crawford, Sybil L, Greendale, Gail, Bromberger, Joyce T, Everson-Rose, Susan A, Gold, Ellen B, Hess, Rachel, Joffe, Hadine, Kravitz, Howard M, Tepper, Ping G, Thurston, Rebecca C

“…The expected duration of menopausal vasomotor symptoms (VMS) is important to women making decisions about possible treatments. To determine total duration of…”
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Age at natural menopause and risk of incident cardiovascular disease: a pooled analysis of individual patient data by Zhu, Dongshan, Chung, Hsin-Fang, Dobson, Annette J, Pandeya, Nirmala, Giles, Graham G, Bruinsma, Fiona, Brunner, Eric J, Kuh, Diana, Hardy, Rebecca, Avis, Nancy E, Gold, Ellen B, Derby, Carol A, Matthews, Karen A, Cade, Janet E, Greenwood, Darren C, Demakakos, Panayotes, Brown, Daniel E, Sievert, Lynnette L, Anderson, Debra, Hayashi, Kunihiko, Lee, Jung Su, Mizunuma, Hideki, Tillin, Therese, Simonsen, Mette Kildevæld, Adami, Hans-Olov, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Mishra, Gita D

“…Early menopause is linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease mortality; however, the association between early menopause and incidence and timing…”
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Quality of Life Among Younger Women With Breast Cancer by AVIS, Nancy E, CRAWFORD, Sybil, MANUEL, Janeen

“…To describe quality of life (QOL) of younger women 4 to 42 months after breast cancer diagnosis and to identify factors associated with impaired QOL. A total…”
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Longitudinal Examination of Symptom Profiles among Breast Cancer Survivors by Avis, Nancy E., PhD, Levine, Beverly, PhD, Marshall, Sarah A., MPH, Ip, Edward H., PhD

“…Abstract Context Identification of cancer patients with similar symptom profiles may facilitate targeted symptom management. Objectives To identify subgroups…”
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Body mass index and age at natural menopause: an international pooled analysis of 11 prospective studies by Zhu, Dongshan, Chung, Hsin-Fang, Pandeya, Nirmala, Dobson, Annette J., Kuh, Diana, Crawford, Sybil L., Gold, Ellen B., Avis, Nancy E., Giles, Graham G., Bruinsma, Fiona, Adami, Hans-Olov, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Greenwood, Darren C., Cade, Janet E., Mitchell, Ellen S., Woods, Nancy F., Brunner, Eric J., Simonsen, Mette Kildevaeld, Mishra, Gita D.

“…Current evidence on the association between body mass index (BMI) and age at menopause remains unclear. We investigated the relationship between BMI and age at…”
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A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of Yoga Skills Training Versus an Attention Control Delivered During Chemotherapy Administration by Sohl, Stephanie J., Tooze, Janet A., Johnson, Emily Nance, Ridner, Sheila H., Rothman, Russell L., Lima, Caio Rocha, Ansley, Katherine C., Wheeler, Amy, Nicklas, Barbara, Avis, Nancy E., Wagner, Lynne I.

“…It is important to address fatigue and co-occurring symptoms during chemotherapy to preserve quality of life in patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. To…”
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Sexual Problems in Younger Women After Breast Cancer Surgery by BURWELL, Stephanie R, CASE, L. Douglas, KAELIN, Carolyn, AVIS, Nancy E

“…To examine sexual problems in younger women diagnosed with breast cancer during the first year after surgery and to identify sociodemographic, medical, and…”
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Sexual functioning among breast cancer survivors and non‐cancer controls over 5 years post diagnosis: Pink SWAN by Avis, Nancy E., Crawford, Sybil L., Gold, Ellen B., Greendale, Gail A.

“…Purpose To compare sexual functioning from diagnosis to 5 years post diagnosis among breast cancer survivors (BCS) and women without cancer (controls)…”
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Concordance networks and application to clustering cancer symptomology by Henry, Teague R, Marshall, Sarah A, Avis, Nancy E, Levine, Beverly J, Ip, Edward H

“…Symptoms of complex illnesses such as cancer often present with a high degree of heterogeneity between patients. At the same time, there are often core…”
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Explaining age-related differences in depression following breast cancer diagnosis and treatment by Avis, Nancy E., Levine, Beverly, Naughton, Michelle J., Case, Douglas L., Naftalis, Elizabeth, Van Zee, Kimberly J.

“…Younger women with breast cancer consistently show greater psychological distress than older women. This study examined a range of factors that might explain…”
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Derivation and external validation of a risk score for clinically important declines in health and function among two longitudinal cohorts of women in the mid-life by Solomon, Daniel H, Santacroce, Leah, Shadyab, Aladdin, Haring, Bernhard, Burnett-Bowie, Sherri-Ann M, Karvonen-Gutierrez, Carrie, Colvin, Alicia, Jackson, Rebecca, LeBoff, Meryl S, Ruppert, Kristine, Valencia, Celina I, Avis, Nancy E, Manson, JoAnn E

“…Women in mid-life often develop chronic conditions and experience declines in physical health and function. Identifying factors associated with declines…”
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Pilot study of integral yoga for menopausal hot flashes by Avis, Nancy E, Legault, Claudine, Russell, Gregory, Weaver, Kathryn, Danhauer, Suzanne C

“…OBJECTIVEThis study aims to obtain preliminary data on the efficacy of yoga for reducing self-reported menopausal hot flashes in a randomized study including…”
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Correlates of sexual function among multi-ethnic middle-aged women: results from the Study of Womenʼs Health Across the Nation (SWAN) by Avis, Nancy E, Zhao, Xinhua, Johannes, Catherine B, Ory, Marcia, Brockwell, Sarah, Greendale, Gail A

“…OBJECTIVE:To examine sexual function in a cohort of Baby Boomer women of diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds; to compare differences between pre-and early…”
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Factors Associated With Participation in Breast Cancer Treatment Clinical Trials by AVIS, Nancy E, SMITH, Kevin W, LINK, Carol L, HORTOBAGYI, Gabriel N, RIVERA, Edgardo

“…It is well established that recruitment to clinical trials (CTs) is difficult and time consuming. This article reports on factors related to CT participation…”
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Correction: Disparities in Reproductive Aging and Midlife Health between Black and White women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) by Harlow, Siobán D., Burnett-Bowie, Sherri-Ann M., Greendale, Gail A., Avis, Nancy E., Reeves, Alexis N., Richards, Thomas R., Lewis, Tené T.

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Vasomotor Symptoms Across the Menopause Transition: Differences Among Women by Avis, Nancy E, Crawford, Sybil L, Green, Robin

“…Vasomotor symptoms (VMS) are the primary menopausal symptoms, occurring in up 80% of women and peaking around the final menstrual period. The average duration…”
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Disparities in Reproductive Aging and Midlife Health between Black and White women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) by Harlow, Siobán D, Burnett-Bowie, Sherri-Ann M, Greendale, Gail A, Avis, Nancy E, Reeves, Alexis N, Richards, Thomas R, Lewis, Tené T

“…This paper reviews differences in the experience of the menopause transition and midlife health outcomes between Black and White women who participated in the…”
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The Perimenopause and Sexual Functioning by Avis, Nancy E., PhD, Green, Robin, PSYD

“…Sexual functioning is an important component of women's lives. Sexual functioning, however, declines with age, and there is much debate about the contribution…”
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Evaluation of the Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Survivors (QLACS) scale for long-term cancer survivors in a sample of breast cancer survivors by Avis, Nancy E, Ip, Edward, Foley, Kristie Long

“…This paper evaluates psychometric properties of a recently developed measure focusing on the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of long-term cancer…”
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