Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Dexamethasone eases end-of-life cancer-related fatigue
Major finding: Scores on the FACIT fatigue subscale improved by an average of 6 points in patients treated with dexamethasone, compared with 3...
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What's in a name: Is the moniker 'palliative care' too loaded?
Major finding: The term supportive care was rated significantly higher than palliative care for overall understanding (mean 7.7 vs. 6.8; P = .021...
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TML data on bevacizumab for colorectal cancer 'validate practice in the community'
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Designer T cells take aim at liver metastases
Major finding: One patient who received designer T cells and interleukin-2 has had a 40% decrease in liver metastases.Data source: Early report of...
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New blood test could identify early pancreatic cancer
Major finding: A serum panel of four metabolites had a 78% sensitivity for detecting resectable pancreatic cancers.Data source: The panel was...
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Surgery may be avoided in early rectal cancer
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Alpha-fetoprotein useful marker in HCC
Major finding: Each standard deviation unit increase in serum alpha-fetoprotein carried a 1.026 odds ratio for hepatocellular carcinoma.Data...
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Everolimus approval now includes prevention of liver transplant rejection
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Third drug approved for metastatic, treatment-resistant GIST
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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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FOLFOXIRI bests FOLFIRI when bevacizumab is added in colorectal cancer
Major Finding: The time to progression of metastatic colorectal cancer was significantly longer after first-line treatment with FOLFOXIRI plus...