Oncology
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Walking intensity and step count are linked to health benefits
In a large study, researchers examined how fast individuals moved and parsed the benefits of “incidental” versus “purposeful” steps.
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Time to cancer diagnoses in U.S. averages 5 months
Diagnosis time varied significantly across tumor types, as well as within the same tumor type.
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New ESC guidelines for cutting CV risk in noncardiac surgery
The guidelines, which aim to reduce cardiovascular complications from noncardiac surgery, introduce new concepts and recommendations, compared...
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Opioids after lung cancer surgery may up all-cause mortality risk
“New long-term opioid use may be associated with poor long-term survival outcomes, especially in potent opioid users.”
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Annual screening benefits people at high-risk for pancreatic cancer
Opponents of screening suggested while screening may identify cancer earlier, it doesn’t necessarily improve outcomes.
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Not just what, but when: Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab in melanoma
Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab followed by pembrolizumab improves event-free survival in resectable melanoma.
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‘Smoking gun–level’ evidence found linking air pollution with lung cancer
The finding could lead to strategies for preventing lung cancer in nonsmokers exposed to high levels of foul air.
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Blood test for multiple cancers: Many false positives
“This technology is not ready for population-wide screening, but as the technology improves, costs will go down.”
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After index colonoscopy, what’s the CRC risk in 40- to 49-year-olds vs. 50- to 59-year-olds?
Advanced neoplasia risk is lower in younger patients when no adenoma is detected on index colonoscopy, new research indicates.
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Taking the heat out of coffee’s esophageal cancer risk
“It is, therefore, plausible that a carcinogenic effect of coffee relates to thermal injury broadly, rather than being specific to coffee or its...