Breast Cancer
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CAD Software Does Not Improve Mammogram Accuracy
Major Finding: Using CAD to analyze and interpret mammograms was associated with statistically significant lowering of specificity (OR, 0.87) and...
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Occult Sentinel Node Metastases Don't Impact Survival
Major Finding: 5-year overall survival was 95.7% and disease-free survival was 92.2% for women who had occult nodal metastases, compared with 95.1...
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Triptorelin Cuts Early Menopause in Breast Cancer
Major Finding: The rate of early menopause was 25.9% for chemotherapy alone, compared with 8.9% for chemotherapy plus triptorelin, and the number...
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Obesity, Estrogen Status Influence Breast Cancer Outcomes
Major Finding: The risk of death from breast cancer is increased by 69% in obese women, and the risk of death from breast cancer is also increased...
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Cancer-Protective Effects Seen for Type IV Allergies
Major Finding: The investigators found an inverse association between diagnosed contact allergy and nonmelanoma skin cancer (OR, 0.82) along with...
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TNF-Alpha Activity Eyed for Role in "Chemo Brain"
Major Finding: sTNFRII, a stable measure of TNF-alpha activity, was significantly increased in patients who received chemotherapy as part of their...
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Vitamin D Supplementation Prevents Breast Cancer Therapy-Related Bone Loss
Major Finding: 25(OH)D concentration increments due to supplementation prevent aromatase inhibitor–associated bone loss, independently of baseline...