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Half of Insured Women Don't Get Regular Mammograms
Major Finding: Only 50% of women aged 40 years or older with full health insurance got annual mammograms during the study years 2006-2009, as was...
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VRD Plus Lenalidomide Maintenance Yields Good Results in Myeloma
Major Finding: 84% of patients with previously untreated multiple myeloma had a very good partial response or better following induction,...
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Treatment-Related Death Toll Casts Doubt on "Auto-Allo" Transplants in Myeloma
Major Finding: Progression-free survival rates at 3 years were similar at 46% in standard-risk multiple myeloma patients receiving tandem...
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Novel Bosutinib Shows Mixed Results in Frontline CML
Major Finding: At 12 months, the major molecular response rate reached 39% with bosutinib, compared with 26% with imatinib (P = .002), but the...
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Few Women, Men See Indoor Tanning as Harmful
Major Finding: Overall, 18% of women and 6% of men reported that they had used indoor tanning in the previous year.Data Source: A cross-sectional...
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E-Cadherin Levels Drive Entinostat Efficacy in NSCLC
Major Finding: Among patients with high E-cadherin levels, adding entinostat to erlotinib significantly increased overall survival to 9.4 months...
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AMG 479 Fails to Alter Resistance to Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer
Major Finding: When paired with exemestane or fulvestrant, AMG 479 produced a median progression-free survival of 3.9 months, compared with 5.7...
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Thrombosis Risk Rises in Women With Myeloproliferative Disorders
Major Finding: Vascular complications were seen in 29% of women vs. 18% of men with JAK2 V617F–positive myeloproliferative disorders.Data Source:...
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TDP Risk With Drug for Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting
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Horse Beats Rabbit in Antithymocyte Globulin Race
Major Finding: The hematologic response rate after 3 months of treatment was 62% in patients treated with horse ATG compared with 33% in those...