Kaiser Permanente research published January 4, 2022, in JAMA showed depression screening for patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer was highly effective at identifying patients in need of behavioral health care, and ...
Jan 4, 2022
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Nearly all countries agree: Smoking is bad, and getting people to kick the habit is a worthy public health goal.
Dec 30, 2021
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The first study to evaluate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of fully vaccinated patients with cancer who had breakthrough COVID-19 infections indicates they remained at high risk for hospitalization and death.
Dec 24, 2021
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An experimental hormone therapy pill can effectively stall the progression of breast cancer, even in older patients whose tumors have mutated to make such therapy less effective, new trial results show.
Dec 7, 2021
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Good glucose control is important for reduction of cancer risk in obesity and type 2 diabetes. Large durable weight loss, as such, appears to afford protection against cancer, but with good glucose control the number of cancer ...
Dec 3, 2021
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Researchers at the University of Szeged in Hungary have demonstrated for the first time that an esophagus organoid successfully duplicates a vital function of that organ. The study is published in the American Journal of ...
Dec 2, 2021
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In the push to eliminate cervical cancer, researchers delivered hopeful news Nov. 17 at the 34th International Papillomavirus Conference in Toronto.
Nov 18, 2021
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Lung cancer screening is recommended only for those who are at high risk for the disease—adults ages 50–80 who smoke at least 20 packs a year—but even among members of that high-risk group, screening rates remain ...
Nov 16, 2021
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A parallel randomized controlled trial confirmed that a single flexible sigmoidoscopy screening at age 55 to 64 years represents a safe and effective strategy associated with a substantial reduction in colorectal cancer (CRC) ...
Nov 9, 2021
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George Washington University researchers have identified a key molecule in certain kinds of breast cancers that prevent immune cells from entering tumors and killing the cancer cells inside. The paper and its findings, published ...
Nov 3, 2021
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