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Antivirals Linked to Lower Risk of Liver Cancer Return
Major Finding: The cumulative 6-year rate of hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence was 45.6% for patients taking nucleoside analogues and 54.6% for...
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Concurrent Sorafenib and SBRT Too Toxic in Liver Cancer
Major Finding: Only 3 of 16 patients completed a study of concurrent sorafenib and stereotactic body radiation for advanced hepatocellular...
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Tuberous Sclerosis Skin Lesions Improved on Everolimus
Major Finding: Of the patients on everolimus, 42% in EXIST-1 and 26% in EXIST-2 had significant improvements in their skin lesions, compared with...
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Disparities Affect Inpatient Mortality in Liver Cancer
Major Finding: African American and Asian American inpatients with HCC were 30% and 60% more likely to die, respectively, compared with white...
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Traffic-Related Toxins Linked to Childhood Kidney Cancer
Major Finding: Third-trimester exposure to formaldehyde increased the risk of Wilms tumor by nearly 1.5-fold (OR, 1.43).Data Source: This was a...
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Regorafenib Lengthens Survival in Colorectal Cancer With KRAS Mutations
Major Finding: Among patients with metastatic colorectal cancer with KRAS mutations conferring resistance to EGFR inhibitors, the progression-free...
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Platinum Levels Linked to Toxicity in Testicular Cancer Survivors
Major Finding: Circulating levels of platinum at 5 years were significantly higher in patients with elevated blood pressure (210 vs. 185 pg/g) and...
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Metformin May Reduce Liver Cancer Risk
Major Finding: Metformin use reduced the risk of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by nearly 60%, compared with nonmetformin use.
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Liver Cancer Predictors in Chronic Hepatitis B Identified
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Genetic Testing Makes Slow, But Steady, Growth
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Therapies Can Extend Life in Infiltrative Liver Cancer
Major Finding: Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization/ radiofrequency ablation gives patients with infiltrative HCC an extra 3 months of life on...