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Recent quitters win big in lung screening trials
Key clinical point: Quitting smoking results in a significant reduction in all-cause mortality among heavy smokers taking part in screening...
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Readmissions due to infection after HSCT
Photo courtesy of the CDC SAN DIEGO—A retrospective study has provided insight into hospital readmissions related to opportunistic infection...
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DCIS recurrences have declined significantly
Key clinical point: Recurrence rates of DCIS in patients treated with breast-conserving surgery declined significantly from 1978 through 2010....
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Radiation + lumpectomy tied to increased survival in older women with TNBC
Key clinical point: Radiation added to breast-conserving surgery in women 70 and older with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer was...
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Statins curb skeletal events in multiple myeloma
Statin use is associated with a decrease in the prevalence of skeletal-related events among patients with stage I multiple myeloma, findings from...
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MAPS: Bevacizumab prolongs survival in mesothelioma
Key clinical point: Adding bevacizumab to pemetrexed and cisplatin prolonged overall survival by almost 3 months. Major finding: Median overall...
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CAR T-cell therapy tested in Sweden
NEW YORK—For the first time, according to researchers, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has been tested in a clinical trial in...
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Clinical advances drive lung cancer staging, classification changes
Key clinical point: Improved understanding of lung cancer over the last decade has prompted updates to international tumor staging and...
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Share of lung cancer patients who never smoked is rising
Key clinical point: The proportion of patients with lung cancer who have never smoked has risen in recent decades. Major finding: Between 1990 and...
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ESC: Heart failure risk climbs early in childhood cancer survivors
Survivors of childhood cancer face a heart failure risk that grows with time but is already elevated by age 20.
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IASLC issues new tobacco declaration
The 2015 IASLC declaration has five components that address tobacco control and smoking cessation.