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Liver cancer without cirrhosis surprisingly common: Is NAFLD the cause?

Posted on: 30/05/2014 - 17:15

CHICAGO – A full 13% of patients diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma did not have underlying cirrhosis in a national sample of 1,500 veterans. Although hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Liver cancer without cirrhosis surprisingly common: Is NAFLD the cause?

Posted on: 30/05/2014 - 17:15

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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

Consumer Reports: Sunscreen SPF claims largely inaccurate

Posted on: 21/05/2014 - 18:15

An analysis of 20 sunscreens by Consumer Reports found that only two provided the SPF protection claimed on the label. The analysis – and rating of overall performance of those sunscreens – was...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Clinical data support earlier PSA testing in black men

Posted on: 21/05/2014 - 14:30

ORLANDO – Tumors detected following prostate-specific antigen screening in black men aged 40-54 years had more favorable clinico-pathologic characteristics than those detected in black men aged 55-70...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Pancreatic cancer predicted to become second-leading cause of U.S. cancer deaths by 2030

Posted on: 20/05/2014 - 20:50

If current trends hold true, pancreatic and liver cancer will overtake breast and colorectal cancer to become the second- and third-most-common causes of cancer-related deaths in the United States by...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Midlife PSA measure predicted lethal prostate cancer

Posted on: 20/05/2014 - 18:55

ORLANDO – A single prostate specific antigen level measurement before age 60 years in the setting of opportunistic screening predicted lethal prostate cancer in later life, according to findings from...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Lobectomy suffices for surgery of small papillary thyroid cancers

Posted on: 19/05/2014 - 15:05

BOSTON – Extensive surgery beyond lobectomy offers no survival advantage for small papillary thyroid cancers, according to a large database analysis. Total thyroidectomy was not associated with an...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Liver cancer without cirrhosis surprisingly common: Is NAFLD the cause?

Liver cancer without cirrhosis surprisingly common: Is NAFLD the cause?

Breast cancer fear contributes to prophylactic mastectomy rate

Breast cancer fear contributes to prophylactic mastectomy rate

Laparoscopic surgery cut length of hospital stay in colorectal cancer

Consumer Reports: Sunscreen SPF claims largely inaccurate

Clinical data support earlier PSA testing in black men

Pancreatic cancer predicted to become second-leading cause of U.S. cancer deaths by 2030

Midlife PSA measure predicted lethal prostate cancer

Lobectomy suffices for surgery of small papillary thyroid cancers

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