Oncology
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Posttransplant Head and Neck Tumors Tallied
Major Finding: A total of 95 people who underwent solid organ transplantation over 21 years developed subsequent head and neck cancer, for an...
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Prophylactic Semuloparin Cuts Rate of VTE in Cancer Patients
Major Finding: VTE occurred in 1.2% of cancer patients taking semuloparin, which was significantly lower than the 3.4% rate in the placebo group....
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Pancreatic Cancer Risk Not Confined to IPMN Target Cyst
Major Finding: Overall, 3.2% of patients were found to have pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in a region of the gland separate from the...
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Costs Don't Always Match Outcomes of Prostate Cancer Treatments
Major Finding: In one study, the mean total cost per patient per year considering both the initial treatment and the treatment of any toxicity was...
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Watch for Counterfeit Cancer Drug Avastin
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Lynch Syndrome Linked to Breast, Pancreatic Cancers
Major Finding: Lynch syndrome increases the risk of breast cancer 4-fold, and the risk of pancreatic cancer 11-fold.
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Everolimus Shrinks Angiomyolipomas from Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
Major Finding: Everolimus was superior to placebo in terms of achieving an angiomyolipoma response (41.8% vs. 0%; P less than .0001) and the time...
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Jaw Complications Persist With Head & Neck Cancer Treatment
Major Finding: Of a total 1,848 patients with oral cancers, 16% (297) had at least one osteoradionecrosis code within 90 days of radiation therapy...
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Mild CKD Ups Risks of Renal, Urothelial Cancers
Major Finding: The risks of renal cell cancer and urothelial cancer increased in a graded manner with decreasing kidney function.
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IMRT Provides Better QOL in Head and Neck Cancers
Major Finding: IMRT was about $5,000-$6,000 more expensive than was 3-D–CRT. But 73% of IMRT patients reported very good or outstanding quality of...