Oncology
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Time to Stop Saying Thyroid Cancer Is a ‘Good’ Cancer
Although papillary thyroid cancer outcomes generally are good, the disease can still be life-altering for years to come.
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Melanoma: Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy Provides Optimal Survival Results
Those who received combination therapy achieved higher event- and recurrence-free survival than patients who received monotherapy.
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FIT Screening Cuts Colorectal Cancer Mortality by One Third
Researchers used data from two health systems with long-standing programs of mailing FITs to compare 1103 cases of adults who had died of CRC with...
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Clinical Controversy: Standard Dose or Baby TAM for Breast Cancer Prevention?
Docs debate which dose of tamoxifen is best for reducing breast cancer risk at the ESMO Breast Cancer Congress.
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Urticaria Linked to Higher Cancer Risk, Study Finds
Researchers compare the incident cancer risk between patients with urticaria and the general population using data from Danish healthcare...
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Primary Care: Try These Steps to Boost Lung Cancer Screens
Lung cancer is likely if caught early, but screening is uncommon, while colon and breast cancer are routine.
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About 20% of Breast Cancer Survivors Gain Excess Weight
After adjustment for confounding factors, younger age at breast cancer diagnosis and lower baseline weight were the strongest predictors of more...
Conference Coverage
New mRNA Vaccines in Development for Cancer and Infections
Different forms and designations of mRNA vaccines are used, depending on the application and desired effect.
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Pancreatic Fat Is the Main Driver for Exocrine and Endocrine Pancreatic Diseases
Changes in the pancreas due to excessive fat within the organ upped risk for pancreatitis, diabetes, and pancreatic cancer, study finds.
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GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Don’t Raise Thyroid Cancer Risk
Researchers compared data from 145,410 patients who initiated GLP-1 RAs and 291,667 patients initiating dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) inhibitors...