Preventive Care
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Apixaban is safest effective DOAC for stroke prevention in Afib, per AHRQ report
The agency found the lowest bleeding risk with apixaban, but cites lack of head-to-head trials as a limitation in evaluating DOACs.
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Can ultrasound screening improve survival in ovarian cancer?
News
FDA expands approval of 9-valent HPV vaccine
Gardasil-9 is now approved for men and women aged 27-45 years.
Conference Coverage
Breast cancer risk in type 2 diabetes related to adiposity
Women with type 2 diabetes mellitus have a moderately increased risk of breast cancer that appears to be mainly caused by adiposity, not diabetes...
Guidelines
Guideline: Early screening warranted if family history of nonhereditary colorectal cancer
Initial screening colonoscopy should occur at age 40-50 years, or 10 years before the age of the earliest-diagnosed first-degree relative.
From the Journals
Cirrhosis study finds no link between screening, liver cancer mortality
Among patients with cirrhosis, screening for hepatocellular carcinoma was not associated with reductions in liver cancer mortality.
From the Journals
Commentary: Composite risk, not age, is key for timing first colorectal cancer screening
Age may not be the colorectal cancer screening issue.
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NELSON trial: CT Screening reduces lung cancer deaths
The NELSON trial is the second large-scale trial to show that screening significantly reduces lung cancer mortality.
From the Journals
Pancreatic surveillance identified resectable cancers
Nine of ten tumors were resectable and 85% of these patients survived at least 3 years.
From the Journals
Herceptin linked to doubling of HF risk in women with breast cancer
Most patients are not receiving the frequency of guideline-recommended cardiac screening, study finds.
Daily News Podcast
Antibody cleared amyloid plaques, slowed cognitive decline
And claims that cannabis relieves noncancer pain go up in smoke.