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Study: Doctors underreport side effects of breast irradiation
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- Sara Freeman
A large study shows a mismatch between patient and physician reports of toxicity.
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No edge for anastrozole over tamoxifen in DCIS
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- Sara Freeman
Breast cancer recurrence rates were similar at almost 12 years of follow-up.
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Omitting postop radiotherapy doesn’t affect survival in older breast cancer patients
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- Sara Freeman
PRIME-2 study results show no drop in overall survival from omitting postop radiotherapy in older women with HR+, low-risk, early-stage breast...
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An all-oral option for advanced HR+, HER2– breast cancer?
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Adding the oral taxane tesetaxel to capecitabine improved progression-free survival.
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PENELOPE-B: Palbociclib disappoints in HR+, HER2– breast cancer
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Adding palbociclib to endocrine therapy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy did not benefit patients with HR+, HER2-...
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JIA arthritis and uveitis flares ‘often run parallel’
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- Sara Freeman
Worsening arthritis in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis could be a sign for needing a prompt eye examination.
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‘Modest’ benefit for post-MI T2D glucose monitoring
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Equivocal results were seen with regard to the best method to monitor blood glucose after myocardial infarction.
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Diabetic neuropathic pain linked to brain bioenergic anomalies
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- Sara Freeman
Changes in mitochondrial activity in pain-processing areas of the brain may help explain why some persons with diabetes experience painful...
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Substance in tears could be used for diabetes monitoring
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Measuring glycoalbumin in tears could someday be a way for patients with diabetes to monitor their glucose levels noninvasively.
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Time to screen for liver disease in type 2 diabetes?
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Questions remain on whether or not liver surveillance should be routine in people with type 2 diabetes.
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Exercise cuts diabetes death risk by a third in two studies
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Results of two new studies provide further evidence that exercise reduces all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in those with type 2 diabetes.
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No prior use of insulin predicts postsurgical diabetes remission
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- Sara Freeman
No insulin use before bariatric surgery was associated with sustained diabetes remission 10 years later in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Vascular dementia risk particularly high in type 2 diabetes
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- Sara Freeman
A 35% higher risk for vascular dementia was seen in people with type 2 diabetes versus those without; other dementia types were increased or...
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Large waistline linked to higher risk of prostate cancer death
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Central adiposity was associated with a higher risk for death from prostate cancer in a large observational...
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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis heart risk higher than expected
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
Cardiovascular disease, most notably myocardial infarction, occurs in more people with DISH than is predicted by the Framingham Risk Score.