Rare Diseases
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Low-intensity chemo works for Burkitt’s lymphoma
Major Finding: At median follow-ups of 86 and 73 months, respectively, the HIV-negative group had a 95% rate of freedom from disease progression...
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CENTRIC results signal end of cilenglitide in glioblastoma
Major finding: Overall survival was 26.3 months in both study arms, and more events occurred in the cilenglitide arm than in the control arm (144...
Conference Coverage
Younger adults with brain metastases survive longer with radiosurgery alone
Major finding: Stereotactic radiosurgery was associated with significantly longer overall survival among patients age 50 years and younger (hazard...
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Coffee consumption affects cancer risk differently for liver vs. pancreatic cancers
Major finding: Neither total coffee intake (whether decaffeinated or caffeinated, analyzed separately) nor tea intake appears to influence the...
Article
Rapid response to chemotherapy in a patient with thymoma with pericardial effusion
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Molecular profile finds treatment targets in unknown primary site cancers
Major finding: Targetable alterations were identified in 77% of cases.Data source: A retrospective molecular analysis of 1,459 patients with...
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Lanreotide scores big against GI and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Major finding: Progression-free survival was 66% in the group treated with the somatostatin analogue, compared with 22% in the placebo group (HR,...
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Avoid transcutaneous biopsy in adrenocortical carcinoma
Major finding: Transcutaneous biopsy was 51%-84% sensitive for adrenocortical carcinoma, depending on where it was done, and caused complications...
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Few states meet palliative care benchmark
Case Reports
Rhabdomyosarcoma in an adult with HIV
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Radioisotope therapy slowed metastatic pheochromocytoma, paraganglioma
Major finding: Disease completely resolved in one patient and was stable or improved in a majority of patients 6 months after starting 131I-MIBG...