Oncology
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What is the future for multicancer early-detection tests?
Liquid biopsies based on genomic biomarkers could make MCED a reality, especially for cancers for which there is no standard screening process.
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USPSTF should reconsider recommendation to lower mammogram age: Experts
The benefit is arguably small, while the harms appear quite significant.
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Jury out on how tea drinking influences colorectal cancer risk
Tea drinking may reduce the risk for colorectal cancer by 24%, but the estimate is uncertain.
From the Journals
Vegetarian diets tied to lower risk for some GI cancers
“The results of this systematic review indicate that adherence to vegetarian diets can reduce the risk of gastrointestinal cancers, compared with...
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These adverse events linked to improved cancer prognosis
Emerging evidence suggests that cutaneous immune-related adverse events may be linked with favorable outcomes among patients with cancer who...
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Does the number of primary melanomas affect survival?
To compare 10-year melanoma-specific mortality and overall mortality between people with multiple primary melanomas and a single primary melanoma...
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Endoscopic monitoring may not be needed for nonerosive GERD
Patients with confirmed nonerosive GERD are not at greater risk for esophageal cancer but those with erosive disease had more than double the...
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Older women who get mammograms risk overdiagnosis
The proportion of older women who continue to receive screening mammograms and may experience breast cancer overdiagnosis is “considerable” and “...
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Have early-onset cancer cases soared? Not so fast, experts say
“Epidemic news, but no epidemic of cancer.”
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
Prostate cancer screening guidelines: To PSA or not to PSA
Applying guidelines that take whole populations into consideration often doesn’t translate well to single patients.
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High rate of subsequent cancers in MCC
Patients with cutaneous Merkel cell carcinoma face a higher risk of developing other primary cancers