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Survival benefit from contralateral prophylactic mastectomy small

Posted on: 16/07/2014 - 21:00

The absolute 20-year survival benefit from contralateral prophylactic mastectomy stands at less than 1%, regardless of age, estrogen receptor status, and cancer stage, a decision analysis...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Survival benefit from contralateral prophylactic mastectomy small

Posted on: 16/07/2014 - 21:00

The absolute 20-year survival benefit from contralateral prophylactic mastectomy stands at less than 1%, regardless of age, estrogen receptor status, and cancer stage, a decision analysis...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Specialists drive overtreatment of low-risk prostate cancer

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 21:00

Low-risk prostate cancer in older men is still being overtreated, according to two separate studies that examined the issue from different perspectives, both of which were published online July 14 in...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Testicular tumors increasing in Hispanic teens and young adults

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 05:01

Testicular germ cell tumors are on the rise among Hispanic adolescents and young men, a new study has shown. From 1992 to 2000, the incidence among Hispanic whites increased 58% – significantly more...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Breast cancer fear contributes to prophylactic mastectomy rate

Posted on: 21/05/2014 - 21:00

Fear seems to be a major driver of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy after initial breast cancer surgery. Almost two-thirds of those who had the procedure had no clinical indication for it,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Breast cancer fear contributes to prophylactic mastectomy rate

Posted on: 21/05/2014 - 21:00

Fear seems to be a major driver of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy after initial breast cancer surgery. Almost two-thirds of those who had the procedure had no clinical indication for it,...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Laparoscopic surgery cut length of hospital stay in colorectal cancer

Posted on: 21/05/2014 - 20:35

In patients with colorectal cancer, laparoscopic resection reduced total hospital stay by a median of 2 days, compared with open surgery, researchers reported online May 5 in the Journal of Clinical...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Women’s Health Initiative study netted $37 billion in savings

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 22:00

The massive Women’s Health Initiative estrogen plus progestin clinical trial netted more than $37 billion in savings in the 10 years after it was published, largely by curtailing postmenopausal...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Vitamin D deficiency predicts aggressive prostate cancer

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 05:05

Among African American men with abnormal prostate-specific antigen levels or abnormal findings on digital rectal examination of the prostate, biopsies are more likely to detect prostate cancer in...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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