Oncology
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Designer T cells take aim at liver metastases
Major finding: One patient who received designer T cells and interleukin-2 has had a 40% decrease in liver metastases.Data source: Early report of...
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New blood test could identify early pancreatic cancer
Major finding: A serum panel of four metabolites had a 78% sensitivity for detecting resectable pancreatic cancers.Data source: The panel was...
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Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy adds complications
Major finding: The percentage of patients experiencing any complications was 29% for patients who had a unilateral mastectomy, compared with 42%...
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Breast cancer: Cardiac risk increases with radiation dose to heart
Major finding: The risk of major coronary events increased by 7.4% per 1 Gy of radiation received as treatment for breast cancer.Data source: A...
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Lipid metabolism genes linked to breast cancer subtype
Major finding: A clustering analysis of eight genes separated cases into expression groups; 70% of the low-expression cases had ER-positive tumors...
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Third drug approved for metastatic, treatment-resistant GIST
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Abiraterone reduced morbidity in mCRPC patients
Major finding: The time of radiographic progression-free survival was doubled in patients given abiraterone and prednisone relative to those given...
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Kadcyla wins FDA approval for late-stage breast cancer
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Clinical staging of early esophageal cancer unreliable
Major Finding: Of 482 patients who went directly to surgery, 26% were downstaged, while 47% were upstaged.Data Source: A retrospective, database...
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Survival higher with surveillance of small kidney tumors
Major Finding: After 36 months, patients were 63% less likely to have died if their tumors were managed by surveillance instead of surgery (HR, 0....
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Shorter androgen blockade okay in localized prostate cancer
Major Finding: At 5 years, overall survival was 92% in the 36-month group and 87% in the 18-month group; disease specific survival was 98% and 96...