Oncology
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Abiraterone reduced morbidity in mCRPC patients
Major finding: The time of radiographic progression-free survival was doubled in patients given abiraterone and prednisone relative to those given...
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Kadcyla wins FDA approval for late-stage breast cancer
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Clinical staging of early esophageal cancer unreliable
Major Finding: Of 482 patients who went directly to surgery, 26% were downstaged, while 47% were upstaged.Data Source: A retrospective, database...
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Survival higher with surveillance of small kidney tumors
Major Finding: After 36 months, patients were 63% less likely to have died if their tumors were managed by surveillance instead of surgery (HR, 0....
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Shorter androgen blockade okay in localized prostate cancer
Major Finding: At 5 years, overall survival was 92% in the 36-month group and 87% in the 18-month group; disease specific survival was 98% and 96...
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Age, race impact prostate cancer risk
Major Finding: Men aged 75 years or older accounted for 12% of the population, but for 24% of intermediate-risk and 26% of high-risk disease.Data...
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Survival shorter in young gastric cancer patients
Major Finding: Patients diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma before age 40 years lived a median of 5 months; older patients lived a median of 8...
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Breast-conserving therapy improved survival over mastectomy
Major Finding: Women who underwent lumpectomy for stage I or II breast cancer were 28% less likely to die from any cause and up to 16% less likely...
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Cancer survival still lower for African Americans
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New tool predicts late recurrence in breast cancer
Major Finding: Among patients who remained disease free at 5 years, the 61% with a low baseline BCI score had a 3.5% rate of distant recurrence...
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Resecting residual gastrointestinal stromal tumors improved survival
Major Finding: Time to tumor progression was 88 months in 42 patients who had surgery for residual disease and 42 months in 92 patients given...