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Risk Stratification May Work Well for FIT-Based CRC Screening in Elderly
Fecal immunochemical tests could play a major role in risk stratification, researchers said.
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Greater Transparency of Oncologists’ Pharma Relationships Needed
Reducing industry payments to hematologists and oncologists could benefit patients, say experts.
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Targeted Pancreatic Cancer Screening May Save Lives
High-risk individuals were significantly more likely to be diagnosed with early-stage pancreatic cancer compared with the general population, in a...
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Could an EHR Nudge Reduce Unnecessary Biopsies?
The reminder system reduced the rate of sentinel lymph node biopsies in older women with early-stage breast cancer.
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Does Extended Postop Follow-Up Improve Survival in Gastric Cancer?
Researchers investigate the potential benefit of extended cancer surveillance post gastrectomy using Korean National Health Insurance claims data...
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How Aspirin May Lower Risk for Colorectal Cancer
These new data suggest that aspirin helps activate the immune system, which helps explain its potential chemopreventive effect in CRC.
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Genetics and Lifestyle Choices Can Affect Early Prostate Cancer Deaths
Researchers calculate hazard ratios for the association between genetic and lifestyle factors and prostate cancer death, using data from two...
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New Canadian BC Guidelines Emphasize Personal Choice
The guidelines stem from a review of more than 165 recent randomized controlled trials, observational studies, mathematical models, and other data...
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Bowel Prep Quality Affects Long-Term Colonoscopy Outcomes
Researchers use logistic regression and time-to-event analyses to assess the impact of bowel preparation quality on adenoma detection and PCCRC...
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‘The Oncologist Without the Pathologist Is Blind’: GI Cancer Updates at ASCO 2024
Is perioperative FLOT truly superior to the CROSS protocol in esophageal cancer?
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Weight Loss Drugs Cut Cancer Risk in Diabetes Patients
Researchers examine electronic health records of patients who had type 2 diabetes, no prior diagnosis of obesity-related cancers, and had been...