Oncology
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Regional Meeting Focuses on Women’s Cancer Survivorship
VA is devoting more attention to breast/gynecological disease as female veterans age.
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Does timing of surgery affect rectal cancer outcomes?
“Findings suggest that delaying surgery may improve tumor regression and decrease risk of distant metastasis but increase surgical complexity.”
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A teenage girl refuses more cancer treatment; her father disagrees
For those who have recurrent disease and now face only experimental options – if they say no, that’s something we really have to listen to very...
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The surprising occupations with higher-than-expected ovarian cancer rates
This is how these types of studies work; they tend to raise more questions than they answer.
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Higher alcohol consumption linked to early-onset CRC
Compared with light drinking, moderate and heavy drinking were associated with a significantly elevated risk of early-onset CRC.
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Cardiorespiratory fitness linked to cancer risk, mortality?
“The clinical implications of these findings further emphasize the importance of CRF for possibly reducing cancer incidence and mortality.”
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AHA statement addresses equity in cardio-oncology care
Statement says developing personalized cardioprotection strategies that integrate biological, genetic, and social determinant markers is one way...
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Offering blood test ups CRC screening for people who first declined colonoscopy, FIT
But a positive result doesn’t always lead to a timely colonoscopy.
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In head and neck cancer, better outcomes seen in patients with overweight
Among 445 patients treated with chemoradiation, those with overweight saw improvements in survival and tumor recurrence, compared with patients...
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Colorectal cancer: Younger patients fare worse
Genetic data also showed increased prevalence of certain mutations in early-onset patients.