Oncology
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Video Report: Cancer Survivors Benefit from Oncology/Primary Care Collaboration
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Screening Does Not Reduce Ovarian Cancer Mortality
Major Finding: Among women who underwent screening with the CA 125 blood test and transvaginal ultrasound, 118 died of ovarian cancer, whereas 100...
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Therapy Matched to Tumor Abnormalities Tied to Longer Survival
Major Finding: Patients with advanced cancer who had therapy matched to molecular abnormalities in their tumors survived about 4 months longer...
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Higher Methotrexate Dose Fends Off Pediatric Leukemia Recurrence
Major Finding: Event-free survival at 5 years was 82% in the high-dose methotrexate arm and 75% with a standard Capizzi regimen (P=.006).Data...
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Video Report: The 2011 ASCO Annual Meeting Kicks Off in Chicago
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DANBIO: Anti-TNFs Do Not Up Overall Cancer Risk in Arthritis
Major Finding: The relative risk of developing a first cancer with anti-TNF therapy vs.
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Trimodal Imaging No Better Than Standard Video for Colonoscopy
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Two Studies Find Beta-Blockers Help Combat Breast Cancer Progression
Major Finding: In the first study, the cumulative probability of breast cancer–specific mortality was significantly lower among propranolol users...
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PIVOT Trial: No Overall Benefit to Radical Prostatectomy for Localized Prostate Cancer
Major Finding: Radical prostatectomy compared with observation produced a 3% absolute reduction in all-cause and disease-specific mortality.
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Abiraterone Prolongs Survival in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
Major Finding: Abiraterone treatment reduced the risk of death by 35%, compared with placebo. Mortality was 42% with active treatment and 55% with...
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Antiviral Cidofovir May Enhance Therapies for HPV-Related Cancers
Major Finding: Cidofovir appears to increase the sensitivity of cervical carcinomas to the effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.