Preventive Care
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Widespread screening linked to fewer colorectal cancer deaths
Major finding: A history of at least one endoscopic exam explained 73% of the decrease in colorectal cancer mortality in men and 82% of the...
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HLA class I plays role in aspirin’s benefit in colon ca
Major finding: Low-dose aspirin cut the risk of death in half in colon cancer patients with tumors expressing HLA class I.Data source: Microarray...
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Sigmoidoscopy may not be enough for older patients
Major finding: Because people are 30% more likely to have polyps in the ascending colon and 22% more likely to have polyps in the cecum as they...
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High dependency predicts BMI increase during smoking cessation
Major finding: FTND score was a strong predictor of BMI increase (gender-adjusted standardized coefficient, 0.236).
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High-risk smokers benefit most from CT screening for lung cancer
Major finding: The rate of lung cancer deaths was 24.6 per 10,000 person-years among subjects screened by CT, compared with 30.9 per 10,000 person...
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Evidence of delayed cancer detection in MS patients
Major Finding: Patients with multiple sclerosis in British Columbia had a highly significant 14% reduction in the risk of being diagnosed with...
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Insulin glargine passes cancer test in ORIGIN
Major finding: The unadjusted rate of any cancer was 1.32 per 100 person-years in patients receiving insulin glargine or standard care.
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Oral HPV-related cancer risk not transmitted to sex partners
Major finding: The prevalence of human papillomavirus infections is 5% among female partners of patients with HPV-related oropharyngeal cancers...
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Consequences of not screening for prostate cancer prove dire
Major finding: Men who first presented with a PSA score of 100 ng/mL or greater survived a median of just 18 months.Data source: A study of 71 men...
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Cardiorespiratory fitness predicts cancer risk, outcomes in men
Major finding: Compared with men in the lowest cardiorespiratory fitness quintile, hazard ratios for incident lung and colorectal cancer among men...
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Polymyalgia rheumatica carries postdiagnosis cancer risk
Major finding: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) patients had an increased risk of cancer in the first 6 months after their diagnosis (hazard ratio, 1....