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Oral cancer survival lower with positive margins, public insurance

Posted on: 14/05/2015 - 18:06

In patients who underwent surgical treatment for stage I or II oral cavity squamous cell cancer, positive tumor margin, the use of radiation or chemot... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Biomarker correlates with pancreatic cancer severity

Posted on: 29/04/2015 - 22:12

HOUSTON – A circulating biomarker has the potential to identify metastatic pancreatic cancer and may be able to predict prognosis, investigators sai... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Biomarker correlates with pancreatic cancer severity

Posted on: 29/04/2015 - 22:12

HOUSTON – A circulating biomarker has the potential to identify metastatic pancreatic cancer and may be able to predict prognosis, investigators sai... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Physician-patient communication, terminology play important role in CPM decisions

Posted on: 30/03/2015 - 21:04

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. – The perception that one’s physician had recommended contralateral prophylactic mastectomy was a particularly important factor i... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Physician-patient communication, terminology play important role in CPM decisions

Posted on: 30/03/2015 - 21:04

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. – The perception that one’s physician had recommended contralateral prophylactic mastectomy was a particularly important factor i... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Stem cell divisions help dictate cancer risk

Posted on: 16/03/2015 - 16:33

The lifetime risk of many different types of cancer are correlated (0.81) with the total number of divisions of their tissue stem cells, a recent stud... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Baseline QOL measures not associated with outcomes in high-risk operable lung cancer patients

Posted on: 23/02/2015 - 17:20

Poor baseline quality-of-life scores were not predictive of worse overall or recurrence-free survival, or of higher risk for adverse events following ... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Post-lumpectomy radiotherapy benefits good-risk DCIS patients

Posted on: 19/01/2015 - 21:00

The ipsilateral local failure rate in women with good-risk ductal carcinoma in situ was low with observation after breast-conserving surgery, but was ... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Post-lumpectomy radiotherapy benefits good-risk DCIS patients

Posted on: 19/01/2015 - 21:00

The ipsilateral local failure rate in women with good-risk ductal carcinoma in situ was low with observation after breast-conserving surgery, but was ... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Stage IV CRC survival rates up, resection rates down

Posted on: 15/01/2015 - 22:49

Although significantly fewer patients with stage IV colorectal cancer have undergone primary tumor resection (PTR) since 1988, overall rates of patien... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Oral cancer survival lower with positive margins, public insurance

Biomarker correlates with pancreatic cancer severity

Biomarker correlates with pancreatic cancer severity

Physician-patient communication, terminology play important role in CPM decisions

Physician-patient communication, terminology play important role in CPM decisions

Stem cell divisions help dictate cancer risk

Baseline QOL measures not associated with outcomes in high-risk operable lung cancer patients

Post-lumpectomy radiotherapy benefits good-risk DCIS patients

Post-lumpectomy radiotherapy benefits good-risk DCIS patients

Stage IV CRC survival rates up, resection rates down

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