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Oncology & Cancer

How to reduce risk of lymphedema after head and neck cancer

Lymphedema after head and neck cancer is considerably more common than previously assumed and can persist long after cancer treatment has finished. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that patients with ...

Oncology & Cancer

RNA-based molecule enhances therapies against pancreatic cancer

A research group at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) has identified a candidate molecule that could improve current therapies against pancreatic cancer. The team designed the new molecule, ...

Oncology & Cancer

WISDOM trial weighs risk-based cancer screening

University of California, San Francisco investigators led WISDOM, a randomized comparison of risk-based breast cancer screening and annual mammography. Rates of stage ≥IIB breast cancers met a noninferiority threshold under ...

Oncology & Cancer

New technology reduces false positives in breast ultrasounds

New ultrasound technology developed at Johns Hopkins can distinguish fluid from solid breast masses with near perfect accuracy, an advance that could save patients, especially those with dense breast tissue, from unnecessary ...

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