Gastroenterology
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Lymph node count may not be best predictor of colon cancer survival
Major Finding: Lymph node count of 12 or higher was not associated with better 5-year survival rates in patients undergoing surgery to treat colon...
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Ten percent of neoplastic polyps may be incompletely resected
Major Finding: Ten percent of neoplastic polyps (5-20 mm) were not resected completely, as evidenced by neoplastic tissue in biopsies from the...
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Poor performance seen after optical biopsy training
Major Finding: Three of 12 community gastroenterologists learned to distinguish adenomatous from hyperplastic colon polyps 5 mm in size or smaller...
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Staged surgery found unnecessary for colorectal tumors
Major Finding: Removal of a colorectal tumor and synchronous liver metastases in a single operation or in two staged surgeries had equal outcomes....
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Regorafenib in previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer
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Rapid Feedback Boosts Adherence to Oncology Quality Measures
Major Finding: Compliance rates for five quality measures climbed to as high as 90% in centers that used RQRS.Data Source: Data on 31,590 breast...
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QOPI Raises Adherence to Oncology Guidelines - but Some Efforts Lag
Major Finding: Adherence to recommended care increased from 71% to 85%, but rates of smoking cessation and infertility-risk counseling topped out...
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Psoriasis Patients Have Low Rates of Common Cancers
Major Finding: There were 232 cancer cases in 3,289 psoriasis patients, for a cumulative incidence rate of 588/100,000 population with psoriasis,...
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Tivantinib Shows Modest Benefit in Relapsed Liver Cancer
Major Finding: Median time to progression, the primary end point, was 6.9 weeks for patients randomized to tivantinib, compared with 6.0 weeks for...
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Brivanib Can't Match Sorafenib for Advanced Liver Cancer
Major Finding: Comparisons of the median overall survival between brivanib- and sorafenib-treated patients showed an overall hazard ratio of 1.07...