Oncology
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Wish Statements Help Doctors Deliver Painful News to Patients
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Making a Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Diagnosis: Check the Armpits!
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Benefits of BRAF Inhibitor Confirmed in Metastatic Melanoma
Major Finding: Tumor shrinkage of at least 30% was reported in 52% of patients.Data Source: Phase II open-label trial in 132 patients with...
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New Data Pushes Back Ipilumimab Review
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Sunscreens May Help--Or Hurt
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CT Scans Cut Lung Cancer Deaths by 20%
Major Finding: Lung cancer deaths were reduced 20% among participants screened regularly with low-dose helical computed tomography vs. standard...
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Androgen-Deprivation Therapy Use Paralleled Reimbursement Trends
Major Finding: The use of GnRH agonists as androgen-deprivation therapy for prostate cancer rose dramatically from the 1990s until 2004, an...
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Large Serrated Polyps Linked to Colorectal Cancer
Major Finding: Having large serrated polyps (10 mm or greater) carried the highest odds ratio for colorectal cancer in a multivariate analysis (OR...
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History of Mental Illness May Compromise Cancer Care in Older Adults
Major Finding: Older adults with mental illness are less likely to receive chemotherapy than are their peers without mental illness.Data Source:...
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Radiation Therapy After Lumpectomy Positively Impacts Recurrence and Survival
Major Finding: Among the 7,334 women with pathology-confirmed node-negative disease, adding radiation therapy reduced the 10-year risk of isolated...