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Study links age, insurance, but not race, to chemo rates
(HealthDay) -- For women with breast cancer, disease characteristics correlate significantly with chemotherapy receipt, with no indication of racial barriers to treatment, according to a study published online ...
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Aug 10, 2012 |
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Nonoperative approach feasible in advanced colon cancer
(HealthDay) -- Treating patients with surgically unresectable metastatic colon cancer and an asymptomatic intact primary tumor with bevacizumab and infusional fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin (mFOLFOX6) ...
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Aug 09, 2012 |
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Bortezomib beneficial in graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis
(HealthDay) -- Patients with hematologic malignancies undergoing an HLA-mismatched unrelated donor (MMUD) reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) may benefit from ...
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Aug 08, 2012 |
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Taxane-induced neuropathy not tied to breast cancer outcome
(HealthDay) -- For patients with operable breast cancer, peripheral neuropathy due to adjuvant taxane therapy does not correlate with improved outcomes, according to research published online July 30 in the ...
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Aug 02, 2012 |
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Scientists identify genetic drivers of leukaemia
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at Newcastle University have discovered three key genetic errors which can dictate how adult patients develop leukaemia and respond to treatment and could help doctors adapt ...
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Aug 02, 2012 |
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Active surveillance up in multidisciplinary prostate CA care
(HealthDay) -- Men with low-risk prostate cancer are more likely to pursue active surveillance when seen at a multidisciplinary prostate cancer clinic rather than when they see individual specialists in sequential ...
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Aug 01, 2012 |
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HPV test beats pap long-term: study
(HealthDay) -- Testing for HPV, the human papillomavirus linked to cervical cancer, can predict which women will stay cancer-free for a decade or more, a new study shows.
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Jul 30, 2012 |
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Study supports longer scope intervals post-polypectomy
(HealthDay) -- People who have had a colonoscopy during which a high-risk potentially cancerous polyp was removed may not need another colonoscopy for five years, German researchers report.
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Jul 24, 2012 |
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Bortezomib ups response, survival in multiple myeloma
(HealthDay) -- For patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM), induction treatment with a combination of bortezomib, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone (PAD) followed by bortezomib maintenance therapy ...
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Jul 23, 2012 |
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Benefits of prostate-specific antigen testing remain unclear
(HealthDay) -- It remains unclear whether the benefits of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing outweigh the harms, but evidence suggests that men with a longer life expectancy may benefit from testing, ...
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Jul 20, 2012 |
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Improved survival for patients with chronic blood diseases
(Medical Xpress) -- New research from Karolinska Institutet shows that the survival for patients with chronic myeloproliferative diseases has improved in recent decades. This is despite the fact that no targeted drugs have ...
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Jul 17, 2012 |
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Expert panel suggests PSA test may benefit some men
(HealthDay) -- Men with a life expectancy of more than 10 years should talk with their doctor about getting a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test for prostate cancer, an expert panel recommends.
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Jul 16, 2012 |
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Researchers develop new method for identifying lung nodules
Pulmonary nodules are common, but few studies of lung nodule identification and clinical evaluation have been performed in community settings. Researchers from Kaiser Permanente Southern California identified 7,112 patients ...
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Jul 16, 2012 |
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Chemo combo promising for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
(HealthDay) -- The combination of temozolomide and bevacizumab seems to benefit patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), according to a study published online July 9 in the Journal of ...
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Jul 13, 2012 |
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Most breast cancer patients return to working same hours
(HealthDay) -- Nearly three-quarters of women treated for breast cancer return to their prediagnosis working time, according to a study published online July 9 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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Jul 12, 2012 |
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