Oncology
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CDC Names Members to Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women
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Vascular Invasion Predictive of Poor Prognosis in Thyroid Cancer
Major Finding: Only 70% of patients with vascular invasion were alive at 20 years, compared with 92% of those who had no vascular invasion.Data...
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FDA Warns About Unapproved OTC Chelation Products
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Topical 'Smoothened' Inhibitor Promising for Multiple BCCs
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Anastrozole Tops Tamoxifen in Decade-Long Analysis of ATAC Trial
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Early Results Show Low Toxicity from 3-D Breast Cancer Radiation
Major Finding: A majority of 1,339 women receiving 3-D conformal external beam therapy for breast irradiation showed no signs of toxicity.Data...
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Bevacizumab Confirmed Beneficial For First-Line Ovarian Cancer Treatment
Major Finding: Median progression-free survival was 19.0 vs. 17.3 months (hazard ratio, 0.81; P = .0041) in patients treated with bevacizumab in...
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Perspective: Evaluating Genetic Risk for Breast Cancer
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What Is the Best Approach for High-Risk or Inoperable NSCLC?
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PARP Inhibitor Adds Nearly 5 Months to Breast Cancer Survival
Major Finding: Overall survival increased from 7.7 months with chemotherapy alone to 12.3 months with the addition of iniparib.Data Source: Phase...
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Balloon Kyphoplasty Relieves Compression Fracture Pain in Cancer Patients
Major Finding: One month post procedure, surgically treated patients experienced a significant 8.5-point decrease in Roland-Morris Disability...