Oncology
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Long-term heavy smoking quadruples likelihood of lung cancer vs. less heavy smoking
A new report offers more insight into the connection between cumulative smoking levels and lung cancer.
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Healthy lifestyle mitigates effect of childhood cancer
Independent of prior treatment exposures and sociodemographic factors, a healthy lifestyle and absence of hypertension or diabetes were each...
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Type of insurance linked to length of survival after lung surgery
Having public or a combination of public and private insurance was associated with worse 10-year overall survival.
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Outpatient costs top drug costs in some insured, working women with breast cancer
‘Women think they are insured until they get a diagnosis,’ says the author of a new paper.
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Refined incidence rate of HCC with alcohol-associated cirrhosis encourages surveillance
Cumulative risk of HCC in patients with alcohol-associated cirrhosis was 3% after 5 years, and 9% after 10 years.
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Study highlights potential skin cancer risk of UV nail polish dryers
Often referred to as ‘mini tanning beds,’ UV nail polish dryers emit UVA radiation, classified as a carcinogen by the International Agency for...
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Survival improved for some patients with metastatic cancers
Among patients with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors, neuroendocrine tumors, melanoma, and several cancers, 5-year survival increased by...
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CRC blood tests: A future without screening colonoscopies?
Screening colonoscopies ultimately could be largely phased out in the years ahead in favor of highly sensitive noninvasive tests, if the blood...
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Cancer risk elevated after stroke in younger people
“Cancer represents a small percentage of causes of stroke. That means you would have to screen a lot of people with a benefit that is still...
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Dabigatran recalled over potential carcinogen
The nationwide recall is because of the detection of the nitrosamine impurity, N-nitroso-dabigatran.
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Possible C. difficile–colon cancer connection: Study
Mouse study makes a connection between C. diff. and colon cancer.