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Blood type A linked to more-severe diarrhea
Adults in type A blood groups were significantly more likely than those in type B or O groups to develop moderate to severe diarrhea after...
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cfDNA reveals targetable mutations in pediatric neuroblastoma, sarcoma
PITTSBURGH – ‘Liquid biopsy’ of patients with genetically profiled tumors showed potentially actionable somatic mutations and copy number...
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Malignant pleural mesothelioma guidelines often are ignored
SAN DIEGO – As many as 32% of patients received no treatment, but their median months of survival weren’t much different than others.
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Patidegib, the first topical hedgehog inhibitor, scores in Gorlin syndrome
CHICAGO – Patidegib advances to phase 3 in patients with Gorlin syndrome and basal cell carcinomas.
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Adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer: 6 months may suffice
Disease-free survival was similarly high whether women received adjuvant trastuzumab for the current standard of 12 months or for just 6 months....
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Breath test may detect esophagogastric cancer
A simple breath test could help identify individuals at risk of esophagogastric cancer who should be referred for endoscopy.
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New regimens for youth with T-cell malignancies yield best outcomes yet
More than 8 in 10 youth were still alive and free of disease 4 years after starting combinations of methotrexate and/or nelarabine with chemo.
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Hematocrit improvement with SGLT2 inhibitor: Not just a diuretic effect?
BOSTON – New study explores mechanisms beyond those already known or suspected.
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Physical inactivity linked to lymphoma risk
Individuals who engaged in exercise less than once a week over their lifetime had an increased risk of Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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Multiple myeloma rates rising fastest in East Asia
The United States had more new cases and more deaths than any other country in 2016.
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Palliative care may reduce suicide among lung cancer patients
Most patients who died by suicide had not received palliative care.