Preventive Care
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Screening Does Not Reduce Ovarian Cancer Mortality
Major Finding: Among women who underwent screening with the CA 125 blood test and transvaginal ultrasound, 118 died of ovarian cancer, whereas 100...
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Two-Tiered Prostate Cancer Surveillance May Curb Overtreatment
Major Finding: Some 44% of prostate cancer deaths occurred in men who had PSA levels greater than 1.6 ng/mL when first tested between the ages of...
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Smoking Raises Risk of Certain Cancers in Women; Alcohol May Reduce Colon Cancer Risk
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Stomach, Esophageal Cancer Risks Increased in AIDS Patients
Major Finding: The overall risks of stomach and esophageal malignancies were 6.9-fold and 2.7-fold higher, respectively, in people with AIDS than...
Research
A Pilot Trial of Decision Aids to Give Truthful Prognostic and Treatment Information to Chemotherapy Patients with Advanced Cancer
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Limited Benefit Seen in 20-Year Prostate Cancer Screening Study
Major Finding: The risk ratio for death from prostate cancer was 1.16 (95% confidence interval 0.78-1.73). Data Source: A randomized, population-...
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CT Trial Results Change Lung Cancer Screening Landscape
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Study Finds Few Second Cancers Attributable to Radiotherapy
Major Finding: On average, only 8% of second solid cancers can be attributed to exposure to radiation during therapy for a first solid cancer; for...
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Radiation From Backscatter X-Ray Scans Poses Little Cancer Risk
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Capecitabine May Protect Against Skin Cancers After Transplant
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Half of HIV+ Women in Zambia Positive for Cervical Cancer
Major Finding: 54% of 6,572 HIV-infected women in Zambia screened positive for cervical cancer.Data Source: Study of 20,010 women who were...