Preventive Care
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Finding the metastatic needle in the haystack
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Study suggests statin use decreases breast cancer mortality
Major finding: Women who took statins before a diagnosis of breast cancer were up to 67% less likely to die from their disease than were those who...
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PLCO criteria catch more lung cancers
Major Finding: Using the modified PLCO criteria identified 12% more of the 678 lung cancers in the total cohort than did NLST criteria.Data Source...
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Aspirin may protect older women from melanoma
Major Finding: The risk of melanoma was 21% lower in white, postmenopausal women who took aspirin regularly.Data Source: Women’s Health Initiative...
Commentary
Direct access to unexpected genetic test results
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Colorectal cancer subtype associated with obesity, inactivity
Major Finding: Each 5-kg/m2 increase in BMI was associated with a 34% increased likelihood of CTNNB1-negative colorectal cancer, but BMI was not...
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Age, race impact prostate cancer risk
Major Finding: Men aged 75 years or older accounted for 12% of the population, but for 24% of intermediate-risk and 26% of high-risk disease.Data...
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Screen asymptomatic siblings of CRC patients
Major Finding: The prevalence of advanced colorectal neoplasms was approximately three times higher among siblings of colorectal cancer patients (...
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Job stress not linked with cancer risk
Major Finding: Job stress was not significantly associated with colorectal cancer (HR, 1.16), breast cancer (HR, 0.97), lung cancer (HR, 1.17), or...
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Smoking ups mortality threefold
Major Finding: Smokers are three times more likely to die than nonsmokers, with nearly all of the excess deaths directly attributable to smoking....