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Pausing endocrine therapy to attempt pregnancy is safe
The results provide the “strongest evidence to date on the short-term safety of this choice.”
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H. pylori eradication therapy curbs risk for stomach cancer
The study is significant because “it is the first to show this effect in a large, diverse population in the U.S., where gastric cancer incidence...
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SCC from breast implants: Negligible risk, study finds
Regarding SCC, “whether the observed elevated risk is associated with the implants is difficult to interpret because it is based on only one case...
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Novel fluorescence guidance improves lumpectomy outcomes
Pegulicianine (Lumisight), an investigational and activatable fluorescent imaging agent used with a novel direct visualization system, helped...
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Study shows higher obesity-related cancer mortality in areas with more fast food
An ecologic study showed a dose-response relationship among measures of food swamp and food desert scores and obesity-related cancer mortality.
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Adherence to cancer prevention guidance linked with reduced breast cancer recurrence, death risk
The study population included patients diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer and HER2-positive breast cancer.
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Plasma monitoring supports earlier osimertinib treatment in lung cancer patients
More patients met progression-free survival endpoints after shorter stint on gefitinib.
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“Terrific progress”: Adding blinatumomab for infant leukemia
Immunotherapy plus chemotherapy improves outcomes and may soon become first-line treatment for a rare pediatric blood cancer.
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ASCO updates treatment guidelines for anxiety and depression
Since the last guidelines were published, screening and assessment for depression and anxiety have improved, and a large new evidence base has...
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New clues to how air pollution fuels lung cancer in nonsmokers
Although smoking remains the chief risk factor for lung cancer, outdoor air pollution causes roughly 1 in 10 cases.
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Cancer pain declines with cannabis use
Lower use of other meds was also seen in patients who used cannabis.