Oncology
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Uncertainty Rules Adjuvant Chemo for Early HER2 Breast Cancer
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Vemurafenib Will Open Floodgates for Melanoma Genotyping
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From Approval to Treatment, the History of Ipilimumab
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MULTIMEDIA: Vemurafenib -- Melanoma Drug Cuts Death Risk
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Platinum-Based Chemotherapy Benefits Elderly Lung Cancer Patients
Major Finding: By 1 year, median overall survival was 25.4% with monotherapy, vs. 44.5% with a carboplatin and paclitaxel doublet.Data Source: A...
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Paraneoplastic Autoimmune Multiorgan Syndrome Proves Rapidly Fatal
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ASCO Calls for Oncology-Based Medical Homes
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Stereotactic Radiation Gives Elderly Lung Cancer Patients an Alternative to Surgery
Major Finding: Elderly Dutch patients who underwent radiation therapy during 2007-2009 had a median overall survival of 26 months vs.
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CAD Software Does Not Improve Mammogram Accuracy
Major Finding: Using CAD to analyze and interpret mammograms was associated with statistically significant lowering of specificity (OR, 0.87) and...
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Mutations Linked to Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Barrett's Esophagus
Major Finding: Mutations in the MSR1, ASCC1, or CTHRC1 genes were found in 11% of 116 patients with Barrett’s esophagus and/or esophageal...
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Occult Sentinel Node Metastases Don't Impact Survival
Major Finding: 5-year overall survival was 95.7% and disease-free survival was 92.2% for women who had occult nodal metastases, compared with 95.1...