Oncology
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Half of HIV+ Women in Zambia Positive for Cervical Cancer
Major Finding: Of 6,572 HIV-infected women in Zambia, 54% screened positive for cervical cancer.Data Source: Study of 20,010 women who were...
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Techniques Compared for Breast Tumor Detection
Major Finding: Positive margin rates were 10.5% for radio-guided seed localization and 11.9% for wire-guided localization.Data Source: Prospective...
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New Melanoma Treatments Show Improved Survival
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EGFR Status May Explain Depression-Survival Link in NSCLC
Major Finding: None of 16 patients with EGFR mutations met criteria for depression, but 4 of 27 patients (15%) with wild-type mutations and 17 of...
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Transition to Survivor Care Requires Link to Community Physicians
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Bevacizumab Doubles Risk of GI Adverse Events in Key Ovarian Cancer Trial
Major Finding: GI adverse events occurred in 1.7% women who were treated only with standard therapies, compared with 3.4% of the two bevacizumab...
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Rising Cancer Survivorship Rates Spark Research Need
Major Finding: The largest group of cancer survivors was breast cancer survivors (22%), followed by prostate cancer survivors (19%) and colorectal...
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Rand Review Links Less-Aggressive ALCL With Breast Implants
Major Finding: Researchers found 36 cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in women with implants, and 29 (81%) of those lymphomas were ALCL. Data...
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Serum Test Could Define Need for SLN Biopsy in Melanoma
Major Finding: A glycoprotein microarray identified four serum antibodies that were present and significantly predicted sentinel lymph node status...