Oncology
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Would Advanced Prostate Cancer Triple Without PSA Screening?
Major Finding: Based on data from the pre-PSA era, 25,000 men across the United States would be expected to present with metastatic cancer in 2008...
Commentary
Cultivate 'Distress Tolerance' for Early-Stage Prostate Cancer
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FDA Approves mTOR Inhibitor Everolimus for Breast Cancer
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Washington Post Blasts Proliferation of ESAs for Anemia
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Invasive SCC Rates Doubled in Last 20 Years
Major Finding: Rates of invasive squamous cell carcinoma jumped two- to threefold between 1987 and 2007 in American nonphysician health...
News
Surgery Didn't Cut Mortality from PSA-Detected Prostate Cancer
Major Finding: In patients with localized prostate cancer, all-cause mortality was 47.0% and disease-specific mortality was 4.4% among men...
News
2-D Echo Is Inadequate Cardiomyopathy Screen in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Major Finding: Compared with cardiac MRI, 2-D echocardiography had only a 25% sensitivity at identifying cardiomyopathy and a 75% false-negative...
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ASCO Weighs in on PSA Screening Controversy
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Biochemotherapy Gets Mixed Results in High-Risk Melanoma
Major Finding: Compared with high-dose interferon, biochemotherapy significantly improved relapse-free survival (HR, 0.76), but not overall...
Conference Coverage
Melanoma In Situ Diagnoses Ramping Up
Major Finding: Roughly 40% of invasive melanomas in a large prospectively followed population were diagnosed prior to age 60, compared with 20% of...
News
Most Cancer Survivors Aren't Exercising Enough
Major Finding: Some 53% of middle-age cancer survivors at least 1 year post diagnosis do not meet national physical activity guidelines. Data...