Preventive Care
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Insulin glargine passes cancer test in ORIGIN
Major finding: The unadjusted rate of any cancer was 1.32 per 100 person-years in patients receiving insulin glargine or standard care.
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Oral HPV-related cancer risk not transmitted to sex partners
Major finding: The prevalence of human papillomavirus infections is 5% among female partners of patients with HPV-related oropharyngeal cancers...
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Consequences of not screening for prostate cancer prove dire
Major finding: Men who first presented with a PSA score of 100 ng/mL or greater survived a median of just 18 months.Data source: A study of 71 men...
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Cardiorespiratory fitness predicts cancer risk, outcomes in men
Major finding: Compared with men in the lowest cardiorespiratory fitness quintile, hazard ratios for incident lung and colorectal cancer among men...
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Polymyalgia rheumatica carries postdiagnosis cancer risk
Major finding: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) patients had an increased risk of cancer in the first 6 months after their diagnosis (hazard ratio, 1....
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Finding the metastatic needle in the haystack
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Study suggests statin use decreases breast cancer mortality
Major finding: Women who took statins before a diagnosis of breast cancer were up to 67% less likely to die from their disease than were those who...
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PLCO criteria catch more lung cancers
Major Finding: Using the modified PLCO criteria identified 12% more of the 678 lung cancers in the total cohort than did NLST criteria.Data Source...
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Aspirin may protect older women from melanoma
Major Finding: The risk of melanoma was 21% lower in white, postmenopausal women who took aspirin regularly.Data Source: Women’s Health Initiative...
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Direct access to unexpected genetic test results
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Colorectal cancer subtype associated with obesity, inactivity
Major Finding: Each 5-kg/m2 increase in BMI was associated with a 34% increased likelihood of CTNNB1-negative colorectal cancer, but BMI was not...