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Active Surveillance for Low-Risk PCa: Sprint or Marathon?
For some men, the strategy can prove to be short-lived, perhaps 5 years or less , or a life-long approach lasting until the man dies from another...
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New Prior Auth Policy Tied to Delays, Discontinuation of Oral Cancer Meds
Patients subjected to a new prior authorization policy on an established drug had a sevenfold higher likelihood of stopping the drug within 120...
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No Added Benefit From Chemo in This Breast Cancer Subtype
The authors “observed no evidence for added value of chemotherapy” for ER-positive, HER2-negative invasive lobular carcinoma who received...
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Women over 50 may safely de-escalate mammogram frequency following surgery
For women who were cancer free 3 years after curative treatment, a randomized trial showed noninferiority of a 2- or 3-year schedule compared with...
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Camp Lejeune Family Members Now Eligible for Health Care Reimbursement Related to Parkinson Disease
Family members of veterans exposed to contaminated drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune are now eligible for...
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One VA Cancer Pathway to Rule Them All?
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has developed clinical pathways to guide its clinicians through cancer...
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Long-term organ preservation in rectal cancer is possible
“Our results support the recommendation that patients with rectal cancer offered [watch-and-wait] after neoadjuvant therapy should have very close...
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Redispensing unused cancer meds cuts waste, saves money
Researchers compared the reduction in drug waste and cost savings from redispensing oral anticancer drugs versus the standard practice of...
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GLP-1 RAs tied to suboptimal bowel prep, repeat colonoscopy
“Specifically, for every 14 patients treated with GLP-1 RAs, one patient would require a repeat colonoscopy due to suboptimal preparation.”
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Surgery is falling out of favor in rectal cancer
“This case series shows that rectal cancer is increasingly being managed medically,” the authors said.