Oncology
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Molecular Profiling Transforming Care of Advanced Lung Cancer
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Breast Cancer Does Not Mandate Mastectomy in Young
Major Finding: Young women with early breast cancer had statistically indistinguishable rates of locoregional recurrence, overall survival, and...
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New Nomograms Predict Lymphedema After Axillary Lymph Node Dissection
Major Finding: The nomograms predicted the development of lymphedema within 5 years with accuracies of 70.6%-73.6%.Data Source: A nomogram...
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Study Supports Palpation, Mammography Regardless of Age
Major Finding: Overall, 65.5% and 29.8% of breast cancers were detected by mammography and palpation, respectively.
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Crizotinib Approval Personalizes Lung Cancer Therapy
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New Diarrheal Syndrome Tied to Cord-Blood Transplants
Major Finding: 11 of 104 patients who underwent cord-blood hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) developed a diarrheal syndrome that was...
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NSCLC: FDA Approves Crizotinib, Companion Diagnostic Test
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ATHENA: HPV Testing Outperforms Cytology for Cervical Cancer Screening
Major Finding: Cobas HPV test was significantly more sensitive for detecting CIN 3 or worse than was liquid-based cytology at a threshold of ASCUS...
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FDA Approves Vemurafenib for Advanced Melanoma
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Cancer Stage Not a Significant Factor in Radioiodine Use
Major Finding: Patient demographics and a hospital’s annual volume of thyroidectomy procedures – and not disease severity – are some of the...
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Smoking-Bladder Cancer Link Strengthened - Especially in Women
Major Finding: The adjusted hazard ratio for bladder cancer was 4.06 among current smokers in recent years, compared with a summary HR of 2.94...