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Younger age at diagnosis worsens cervical cancer prognosis
Being diagnosed with cervical cancer before the age of 40 was independently associated with worse overall survival, results from a single-center...
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Skip lymphadenectomy if SLN mapping finds low-grade endometrial cancer
Lymphadenectomy is unnecessary if sentinel lymph node mapping successfully stages low-grade endometrial cancer, according to investigators from...
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Nodal SUVmax on imaging may be prognostic biomarker in advanced cervical cancer
Primary tumor metabolic parameters were not significant prognostic factors for tumor recurrence in patients with regional lymph node–involved,...
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VIDEO: Trastuzumab plus lapatinib erases selected breast cancers
An unexpectedly dramatic benefit from combining trastuzumab and lapatinib when briefly treating women scheduled for breast cancer surgery has...
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Arterial calcium findings on mammograms can predict heart disease risk
Key clinical point: Breast arterial calcification information – available on every mammogram – could be used to help predict heart disease risk....
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Gynecologic cancer patients underutilize advance care directives
Gynecologic oncologists take heat for patients’ low rates of advance care directive planning.
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Inking bests suturing to mark breast tumor margins
Intraoperative suture placement is an inaccurate method for orienting breast tumor specimens for pathology.
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Better sarcoma outcomes at high-volume centers
Key clinical point: Surgical volume, a surrogate for experience, has been shown to have a direct correlation with patient outcomes for cancers of...
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CT of chest, extremity effective for sarcoma follow-up
Key clinical point: Lower-cost CT scans of the extremity and chest appear to be effective for surveillance of patients following resection of soft...
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Observation might be best in advanced-stage, low-grade ovarian CA
Think twice about adjuvant therapy.
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Idarucizumab may reverse dabigatran anticoagulation in intracranial hemorrhage
Key clinical point: An ongoing investigation suggests that idarucizumab can reliably stop intracranial hemorrhage associated with dabigatran...