Oncology
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Breast Cancer Mortality Rises with Age in Older Women
Major Finding: The rate of death from breast cancer rose from 5.7% in women younger than 65, to 6.3% in women aged 65-74, and to 8.3% in women...
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Breast Cancer Drug Exemestane Linked to BMD Loss
Major Finding: The percent loss in total volumetric BMD at the distal radius was three times greater after 2 years on exemestane (6.1%) than...
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ALSYMPCA Trial: Radium-223 Prolongs Life in Some Prostate Cancers
Major Finding: Radium-223 significantly prolonged overall survival (14.0 vs. 11.2 months) and time to first skeletal-related events (13.6 vs. 8.4...
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MDV3100 Cuts Risk of Death in Advanced Prostate Cancer
Major Finding: Overall survival was significantly longer in the MDV3100 group than in the placebo group (18.4 vs. 13.6 months; HR, 0.63), and...
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ASCO GU to Spotlight Prostate Cancer Drugs MDV3100 and Radium-223
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Re-Excision Rates After Breast-Conserving Surgery Vary Greatly
Major Finding: The rate of re-excision after initial breast-conserving surgery for invasive breast cancer varied from 0% to 70% across different...
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Head/Neck Cancer Treatments Less Effective in HIV Patients
Major Finding: At 4 years, locoregional control was 69% and overall survival 55%.Data Source: The findings come from a single-institution...
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Cancer Screening Falls Short of Federal Targets
Major Finding: Among targeted age groups in the United States, 72.4% of women had been screened for breast cancer, 83.0% of women had been...
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Oral HPV Infection More Prevalent in Men Than Women
Major Finding: The prevalence of HPV infection is nearly three times higher in men than in women (10.1% vs. 3.6%).
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Bevacizumab Boosts Treatment Responses in Early Breast Cancer
Major Finding: Adding bevacizumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy increased the rate of pathological complete response from 28.2% to 34.5% in one...
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Gastric Cancer Subtype May Affect Bevacizumab Benefit
Major Finding: The addition of bevacizumab improved overall survival only in patients from Europe and the Americas who had diffuse or distal...