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Obesity, genetic variations found in adult survivors of childhood cancer

Posted on: 27/06/2015 - 16:08

The St. Jude Lifetime Cohort study found obesity in a higher percentage of adult survivors of childhood cancer than previous studies. Thirty-six percent of the research project’s 1,996 participants...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Erectile dysfunction meds’ link to melanoma not causal

Posted on: 27/06/2015 - 15:19

The erectile dysfunction agents sildenafil, vardenafil, and tadalafil showed a modest but significant association with increased risk of malignant melanoma in a large Swedish cohort study, but the...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Thyroid cancer outcomes worse for black and Hispanic young adults

Posted on: 22/06/2015 - 22:09

African American and Hispanic adolescents and adults under the age of 40 years were more likely to die from differentiated thyroid cancer than were non-Hispanic whites from the same age range, said...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Urine assay ruled out high-grade prostate cancer

Posted on: 21/06/2015 - 19:14

NEW ORLEANS – A urine assay test can provide a high negative predictive value to rule out the presence of high-grade, clinically significant prostate cancer without the need for a digital rectal exam...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Insurance, location, income drive breast cancer surgery choices

Posted on: 17/06/2015 - 18:34

The rates of breast-conserving surgery have increased over the last 2 decades among women with early-stage breast cancers in the United States, but disparities persist, based on an analysis of data...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Insurance, location, income drive breast cancer surgery choices

Posted on: 17/06/2015 - 18:34

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Cigarettes account for slightly under half of smoking-related cancer deaths

Posted on: 15/06/2015 - 16:00

Of the nearly 346,000 U.S. deaths caused by smoking-related cancers in 2011, about 48.5% were attributable to cigarette smoking, according to a research letter published online June 15 in JAMA...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Consider cost in anastrozole vs. tamoxifen for DCIS

Posted on: 12/06/2015 - 13:20

CHICAGO – Anastrozole may top tamoxifen in reducing the risk of disease recurrence in postmenopausal ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), particularly in younger women, but which drug holds a cost...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Consider cost in anastrozole vs. tamoxifen for DCIS

Posted on: 12/06/2015 - 13:20

CHICAGO – Anastrozole may top tamoxifen in reducing the risk of disease recurrence in postmenopausal ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), particularly in younger women, but which drug holds a cost...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Obesity boosts postmenopausal breast cancer risk

Posted on: 11/06/2015 - 17:21

Women who are overweight and obese have a significantly higher risk of invasive breast cancer after menopause compared with normal-weight women, according to secondary <a...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Obesity, genetic variations found in adult survivors of childhood cancer

Erectile dysfunction meds’ link to melanoma not causal

Thyroid cancer outcomes worse for black and Hispanic young adults

Urine assay ruled out high-grade prostate cancer

Insurance, location, income drive breast cancer surgery choices

Insurance, location, income drive breast cancer surgery choices

Cigarettes account for slightly under half of smoking-related cancer deaths

VIDEO: Consider cost in anastrozole vs. tamoxifen for DCIS

VIDEO: Consider cost in anastrozole vs. tamoxifen for DCIS

Obesity boosts postmenopausal breast cancer risk

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