FPN || Oncology

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: Pulmonology
Type: News Item

Prostate cancer screening for men over 50 has declined

Posted on: 08/06/2015 - 21:00

Subsequent to the 2012 U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recommendation discouraging prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening, prostate cancer screening significantly declined among men...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Research IDs new subtype of refractory prostate cancer

Posted on: 04/06/2015 - 22:45

CHICAGO – Researchers have identified a new histologic subset of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer called intermediate atypical carcinoma. “Despite being cytologically bland, this is...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Aspirin, vitamin D levels protect against recurrent CRC

Posted on: 04/06/2015 - 21:18

CHICAGO – Both aspirin and higher plasma levels of vitamin D appear to be modestly effective in secondary prevention of colorectal cancer, investigators in a large cohort study and a randomized trial...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Precision medicine initiatives take wing

Posted on: 02/06/2015 - 19:52

CHICAGO – It’s getting very personal in oncology, and that’s a very good thing. At the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, major cancer organizations announced new precision...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

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